Lyle Jeffs
Polygamous group slowly loses influence in longtime hometown
By Brady McCombs — November 3, 2017
HILDALE, Utah (AP) — Elections here have long been decided behind the scenes by the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, a Mormon offshoot that has made its home among the rocks for more than a century and hand-picked men to run unopposed.
Polygamous sect leader pleads guilty to escape, fraud
By Lindsay Whitehurst — September 21, 2017
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — 'We're not out to punish people of faith, people with sincerely held religious beliefs. We're out to punish fraudsters. Lyle Jeffs is now a convicted fraudster,' U.S. Attorney for Utah John Huber said.
Fugitive polygamous sect leader arrested in South Dakota
By Barbara Goldberg — June 15, 2017
(Reuters) He had been on the run for a year, since he fled house arrest in Salt Lake City, awaiting trial with other leaders of the religious sect on charges they diverted money from a federal government food assistance program for the poor.
Polygamous church leader escapes pretrial Utah home confinement
By RNS staff — June 21, 2016
(Reuters) A leader of a Utah-based polygamous faith who has been charged in connection with a food stamp fraud and money laundering scheme has escaped from his pretrial home confinement.
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