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eppur_se_muova Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-26-08 03:20 PM
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Polygamist 'prophet' in Arizona to face charges {Warren Jeffs}
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Source: AP/CNN

PHOENIX, Arizona (AP) -- Polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs was handed over to Arizona authorities Tuesday to face charges alleging he arranged the marriages of two teenage girls to older men.

He already has been convicted in Utah in connection with an arranged marriage involving a 14-year-old girl.

Deputies from the Mohave County Sheriff's Office took custody of Jeffs from Utah officials, sheriff's spokeswoman Trish Carter said.

Jeffs, 52, the former leader of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, is scheduled to appear in court to enter a plea Wednesday in Kingman, in northwestern Arizona.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/02/26/jeffs.charges.ap/index.html?iref=topnews
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