FLDS Fugitive Warren Jeffs Is Captured

Yesterday Warren Jeffs, former head of the FLDS Church, was arrested outside Las Vegas, Nevada during a routine traffic stop. The New York Times reports that a state trooper stopped Jeffs’s 2007 red Cadillac Escalade because its temporary Colorado license tag was not fully visible. Jeffs, whose church promotes polygamy, faces charges-- including charges of being an accessory to rape-- in connection with arranging marriages between men and underage women. In May, he had been placed on the FBI's list of the 10 Most Wanted Fugitives. The FLDS Church has been the focus of extensive law enforcement attention in Utah and Arizona since last year. An AP article in the Washington Post traces some of the history of Jeff's controversial leadership and his control over the towns of Hildale, Utah, and Colorado City, Arizona.