Polygamist sect leader arrested

A polygamist Mormon sect leader who was on the FBI’s Most Wanted List has been arrested and faces sexual misconduct charges for allegedly arranging marriages between underage girls and older men, authorities in Las Vegas said today.

Polygamist sect leader arrested
Tue, 29 Aug, 2006 - 19:42

A polygamist Mormon sect leader who was on the FBI’s Most Wanted List has been arrested and faces sexual misconduct charges for allegedly arranging marriages between underage girls and older men, authorities in Las Vegas said today.

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

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