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Warren Steed Jeffs, Fugitive Polygamist Leader Arrested in Nevada

Warren Steed Jeffs, 50, The fugitive leader of a polygamist Mormon sect ( Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints) was  has been arrested in southern Nevada. Warren Steed Jeffs has been on the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted list, with a $100,000 reward offered for information leading to his capture.

Warren Steed Jeffs, 50, was taken into custody after he and two other people were pulled over late Monday by a Nevada Highway Patrol trooper on Interstate 15 just north of Las Vegas, FBI spokesman David Staretz said.

The leader of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints was wanted in Utah and Arizona on suspicion of sexual misconduct for allegedly arranging marriages between underage girls and older men.

(Breitbart)

The other two individuals that were with Jeffs at the time of his arrest were identified as one of Warren Jeffs’ wives, Naomi Jeffs, and a brother, Isaac Steve Jeffs, both 32. According to the AP, they were being interviewed by the FBI; however, not under arrest.

(AP)

Jeffs was in federal custody in Las Vegas pending a court hearing on a federal charge of unlawful flight to avoid prosecution, Staretz said. It was not immediately clear if Jeffs would face extradition to Arizona or Utah.

Jeffs was indicted in June on an Arizona charge of arranging a marriage between a 16-year-old girl and a married man, and unlawful flight to avoid prosecution. He is charged in Utah with two felony counts of rape as an accomplice, for allegedly arranging the marriage of a teenage girl to an older man in Nevada.

Report: Warren Jeffs arrested In Las Vegas

Jeffs was wanted in Arizona on charges of sexual conduct with a minor. He’s also accused of arranging marriages between underage girls and older men and has been charged in Utah with rape as an accomplice. Jeffs also faces a charge of unlawful flight to avoid prosecution. 

(Keoland)

Fugitive polygamist sect leader caught near Las Vegas

LAS VEGAS, Nevada (CNN) — Nevada state troopers found one of the FBI’s most wanted fugitives, along with wigs, cell phones, laptop computers and more than $54,000 in cash, on a highway north of Las Vegas, authorities said Monday.

Jeffs faces charges of unlawful flight to avoid prosecution in Utah and Arizona, sexual conduct with a minor, conspiracy to commit sexual conduct with a minor and rape as an accomplice, according to the FBI Web site.

UPDATE: Polygamist Leader Jeffs to Return to Utah to Face Teen-Bride Marriage Charges

LAS VEGAS — The leader of a polygamist sect said Thursday he will not fight extradition on charges that he arranged marriages between underage girls and older men.

Warren Jeffs appeared in court wearing a blue jumpsuit and flanked by armed guards. He nodded when a judge asked if he would be extradited to Utah to face charges there.

(Fox News)

 

August 29th, 2006 at 09:35am Posted by Administrator | arrested, child welfare, Pictures | one comment

Foster parents of missing boy, Marcus Fiesel, charged in 3-year-old’s death

The foster parents of 3 year old Marcus Fiesel, David and Liz Carroll, have been charged with involuntary manslaughter. Marcus Fiesel has been missing since last Tuesday.

Hamilton County Prosecutor Joseph Deters, Sheriff Simon Leis, Jr and Clermont County Prosecutor Donald White held a news conference at 3 p.m. to announce the arrest of David and Liz Carroll, Marcus Fiesel’s foster parents. They are charged with involuntary manslaughter, but more serious charges are expected.

Pictures of Missing Marcus Fiesel

Marcus Fiesel, who was developmentally disabled, was reportedly last seen August 15; however, police have a theory as to what occurred. It is imcomprehensible what some people are capable of. These people were given the responsibility to take care of a 3 year old, developmentally disabled boy. God be with you Marcus.

Deters said David and Liz Carroll placed Marcus in a closet for two days, before going to a family reunion in Williamsburg, Ky. Aug. 4. When they returned, he was dead.

David Carroll is accused of burning the boy’s body in Brown County.

The news conferences held by the couple were allegedly part of their cover-up.  

The Clermont County Children’s Services has taken charge of the Carroll’s four children.

(Middletown Journal)

Caseworker Contradicts Foster Mom About Last Visit With Missing Boy

CINCINNATI, Ohio – A caseworker contradicted a statement made by the foster mother of a missing 3-year-old, NewsChannel5 partner ONN reported.

She said she never saw Marcus Fiesel during an in-house visit earlier this month.

His foster mother, Liz Carroll, said Marcus wandered away after she passed out in an Anderson Township park on Aug. 15.

Carroll told the media the case worker saw the child during a weekly visit Aug. 10.

(Newsnet 5)

Foster parents charged in death of missing 3-year-old

A Hamilton County grand jury indicted the Carrolls on charges of involuntary manslaughter and endangering children, and David Carroll was charged with gross abuse of a corpse.

David Carroll took the boy’s body to rural Brown County and burned it, Deters said. A search for the remains was launched Monday. Deters declined to discuss other details of the investigation.

The Carrolls were arrested separately and jailed Monday, he said.

(Columbus Dispatch)

August 29th, 2006 at 12:05am Posted by Administrator | arrested, child welfare, Missing, Missing Children | 3 comments