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August 31, 2011 • By Lindsay Whitehurst The Salt Lake Tribune
An attorney for polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs is facing a felony drug charge, according to court records.
Emily Munoz Detoto was charged with possession of a controlled substance on June 20 in Harris County, Texas, where her Houston law practi... Full Story
September 6, 2011 • By Lindsay Whitehurst The Salt Lake Tribune
In a handwritten motion, polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs is asking for a new trial on sexual assault of a child charges in Texas.
The motion for retrial relies on the violation of religious freedom argument Jeffs made as he represented himself la... Full Story
September 20, 2011 • The Associated Press
Huntsville, Texas • Polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs was en route to a Texas state prison Tuesday night after his discharge from a hospital at another prison where he was treated after becoming sick while fasting, a state official said.
Jeffs was... Full Story
January 4, 2012 • By Michael Graczyk The Associated Press
HOUSTON • Texas prison officials have suspended indefinitely the phone privileges of convicted polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs while they investigate whether he violated rules with improper telephone calls on Christmas Day.
Officials believe the ... Full Story
January 10, 2012 • By Lindsay Whitehurst The Salt Lake Tribune
Texas prison officials have revoked imprisoned polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs' phone privileges for 90 days after confirming he addressed his congregation twice on Christmas Day over a speakerphone.
Jeffs was found guilty of "a major disci... Full Story
August 4, 2011 • The Polygamy Blog by Lindsay Whitehurst
A judge decided today — again — that the defense hasn't shown Texas District Judge Barbara Walther is biased, and she should stay put for the Jeffs trial.
Oh, and the state doesn't want Jeffs' erstwhile defense attorney, Jeff Kearney... Full Story
August 4, 2011 • The Polygamy Blog by Lindsay Whitehurst
Here's my first story on the decision to deny requests for delays and keep the Jeffs trial on as scheduled, compiled from the fine reporting done by the San Angelo Standard-Times:
The Texas trial of polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs will begi... Full Story
August 4, 2011 • The Polygamy Blog by Lindsay Whitehurst
My story so far today on another interesting day in San Angelo
Here are a few more brief notes on Warren Jeffs' speech/sermon to the court, sparked when the state tried to introduce a list/record of members of his family. He was silent up until... Full Story
August 12, 2011 • The Polygamy Blog by Lindsay Whitehurst
Just got back to Salt Lake! I think I'll take a nap. Glad to be back to mere 85 to 90 degree temperatures, but I want to keep the word y'all. Also, I'll be calling everyone "sir" and "ma'am" for a while. Wel... Full Story
February 22, 2012 • The Polygamy Blog by Lindsay Whitehurst
You have probably heard about the semi which crashed Sunday on Interstate 15 near St. George, spilling millions of bees.
But after that crash, there was a second accident. It injured Wallace Jeffs, a half brother to FLDS leader Warren Jeffs who is su... Full Story
April 1, 2011 • By Lindsay Whitehurst The Salt Lake Tribune
A fight for control of a polygamous sect intensified Thursday as leaders filed documents to keep jailed leader Warren Jeffs in charge of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
Boyd L. Knudson, the registered agent of the chu... Full Story
May 11, 2011 • By Lindsay Whitehurst The Salt Lake Tribune
Any retrial on Utah charges against polygamous sect leader Warren S. Jeffs will likely wait until after he is tried on separate sexual assault and bigamy charges in Texas.
In a status hearing Wednesday, defense attorney Walter Bugden said Jeffs woul... Full Story
July 23, 2011 • By Lindsay Whitehurst The Salt Lake Tribune
Whether or not Warren Jeffs is found guilty in Texas, his true fate will arguably be decided by the 10,000 or more people spread over at least five states and two countries who believe he is a prophet of God.
Authorities predicted Jeffs' power ... Full Story
August 8, 2011 • By Xxxxxx The Salt Lake Tribune
Photos of Warren Jeffs from 1988 up to the time of his arrest in 2006. Full Story
August 10, 2011 • By Nate Carlisle The Salt Lake Tribune
The latest batch of Warren Jeffs photographs released after his Texas trial shows the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints president in a T-shirt and shorts and standing in front of a famous landmark.
Jeffs appears to be in fron... Full Story
August 10, 2011 • State of the Debate by George Pyle
- Jeffs sentence: FLDS prophet got what he deserved - Salt Lake Tribune Editorial
Warren Jeffs got the sentence he deserved. Evidence presented in the penalty phase of his Texas trial suggested that the polygamous prophet is a serial pedophile. The j... Full Story
October 12, 2011 • By Lindsay Whitehurst The Salt Lake Tribune
Washington County sheriff's deputies helped one of the wives of polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs leave the sect's home base community along the Utah-Arizona border Monday.
The 25-year-old woman left a home in Colorado City, Ariz., and we... Full Story
October 26, 2011 • The Salt Lake Tribune
If you haven't already heard more than enough about Warren Jeffs and the FLDS Church, author Sam Brower will read from his book Prophet's Prey on Wednesday, Oct. 26, at 7 p.m. at the King's English Bookshop.
Brower will also sign copie... Full Story
December 15, 2011 • By Lindsay Whitehurst The Salt Lake Tribune
As his followers mail out thousands of copies of apocalyptic "revelations from God" purportedly authored by imprisoned polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs, former members say he is setting out increasingly extreme rules for his people.
It has some c... Full Story
February 10, 2012 • By Lindsay Whitehurst The Salt Lake Tribune
The former spokesman for the polygamous sect led by Warren Jeffs says in a new lawsuit that sect leaders arranged a nighttime burglary that gutted his business after he was excommunicated for refusing to falsify sect records on Jeffs' marriages ... Full Story
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