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June 28, 2012 • The Polygamy Blog by Lindsay Whitehurst
I've always kind of wondered why we don't see more public action from the federal government on the Warren Jeffs issue. If we're talking about interstate and even international allegations, wouldn't a federal agency be the natural... Full Story
July 9, 2012 • By Lindsay Whitehurst The Salt Lake Tribune
When the state of Utah took over the property trust controlled by Warren Jeffs, it was supposed to be a two-year project, tops.
Instead, it's mushroomed into the state's longest-running, most expensive polygamy-related endeavour.
"I had n... Full Story
July 11, 2012 • The Polygamy Blog by Lindsay Whitehurst
Warning: This post, and the video below, contains some disturbing material. Please watch/read with care.
This video of a kitten buried alive in concrete in Colorado City might really be the saddest cat rescue of 2012. (screen shot above).
Here's... Full Story
July 12, 2012 • The Polygamy Blog by Lindsay Whitehurst
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has responded to the disturbing video of a kitten buried in cement and found outside the Colorado City, Ariz. home of Isaac Wyler, prominent critic of the polygamous sect led by Warren Jeffs. (full story he... Full Story
July 12, 2012 • By Lindsay Whitehurst The Salt Lake Tribune
Utah's polygamy-focused Safety Net committee has a new clinical director.
Therapist Shelli Mecham will step into the role filled by Pat Merkley since the founding of the group by the Utah attorney general in 2003.
"I've learned a lot of ... Full Story
July 12, 2012 • By Lindsay Whitehurst The Salt Lake Tribune
An animal rights group and an animal shelter are both offering rewards in the case of a kitten found buried in concrete in a Arizona-Utah border town dominated by the polygamous group led by Warren Jeffs.
The animal was found May 31 near the Colora... Full Story
July 23, 2012 • The Polygamy Blog by Lindsay Whitehurst
It looks like while I was gone, members of the Warren Jeffs-led FLDS church pulled down the enormous round concrete tower they've been constructing on and off for about a year.
J.D. Doyle, the pilot who takes aerial pictures of the YFZ Ranch an... Full Story
July 25, 2012 • By Brian Skoloff The Associated Press
Kody Brown and his four wives want what any family wants, to live in the privacy of their own home free from government intrusion, and out from under the threat of criminal prosecution for — as they see it — just loving each other.
The polygamous f... Full Story
July 26, 2012 • The Associated Press
San Angelo, Texas • A new 100-foot concrete tower at a West Texas polygamist ranch has been torn down.
The San Angelo Standard-Times reports Schleicher County officials do not know why secretive polygamist members dismantled the seemingly finished st... Full Story
July 31, 2012 • By Lindsay Whitehurst The Salt Lake Tribune
An accountant appointed to run a polygamous sect property trust once controlled by Warren Jeffs has agreed to hold off enforcing a judge's order requiring the state to pay more than $5.5 million in past-due bills — at least for now.
Wednesday ... Full Story
July 31, 2012 • The Polygamy Blog by Lindsay Whitehurst
Turns out the U.S. doesn't have the monopoly on interesting legal thickets surrounding polygamy, according to this article from the Daily Mail in London.
Plural marriage isn't legal in Britain, but men, primarily Muslims, can marry more tha... Full Story
August 3, 2012 • By Lindsay Whitehurst The Salt Lake Tribune
The state of Utah must help pay more than $5.5 million in past-due bills owed to an accountant appointed to run a polygamous sect's property trust after it was taken over by the state, the Utah Supreme Court decided Friday.
The high court unan... Full Story
August 3, 2012 • The Polygamy Blog by Lindsay Whitehurst
A year almost to the day after 3rd District Judge Denise Lindberg first ruled that the state should pay $5.6 million in past-due bills associated with running the trust once controlled by Warren Jeffs, the Utah Supreme Court has made it official: Bru... Full Story
August 21, 2012 • The Polygamy Blog by Lindsay Whitehurst
David Darger and Jacob Barlow, who are facing misuse of public money charges in their respective roles as town manager and fire chief of Colorado City, have lost their attorneys.
An Arizona judge approved motions to withdraw Tuesday from their lawyer... Full Story
August 28, 2012 • The Associated Press
Attorneys for a pair of polygamous Utah-Arizona border towns are seeking dismissal of a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Justice Department that claimed officials are violating residents' civil rights.
The suit filed in federal court in Arizona in June... Full Story
August 28, 2012 • The Polygamy Blog by Lindsay Whitehurst
Attorneys for the border community dominated by members of the polygamous sect led by Warren Jeffs have moved to dismiss the sweeping civil rights suit filed in June by the federal government.
Their argument? It's not specific enough.
"Cert... Full Story
September 11, 2012 • The Associated Press
Colorado City, Ariz. • Attorneys defending a polygamous town on the Utah-Arizona border against allegations of civil rights violations want a change of venue.
A lawsuit filed by the U.S. Department of Justice in June claims that officials in Hildale,... Full Story
September 17, 2012 • By Lindsay Whitehurst The Salt Lake Tribune
Arizona prosecutors dropped trespassing charges Monday against an accountant appointed by a Utah judge to oversee a polygamous sect's communal property trust.
Bruce Wisan and employee Jethro Barlow were each facing six misdemeanor counts after a... Full Story
September 19, 2012 • The Polygamy Blog by Lindsay Whitehurst
Department of Justice attorneys say their civil rights lawsuit against Colorado City, Ariz., and Hildale, Utah, is plenty specific.
Their motions (read Hildale motion and Colorado City motion) come in response to a motion to dismiss filed by attorne... Full Story
September 22, 2012 • By Kirsten Stewart The Salt Lake Tribune
Draper • Meri Brown's presence Saturday at Holding Out Help's 5K fundraiser was tinged with controversy.
Holding Out Help assists people who are leaving polygamy. And Brown — one of four women married to reality TV star Kody Brown — not ... Full Story
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