3 more FLDS members appear in federal indictment case, 2 remain at large
Source: St. George Utah . com
ST. GEORGE Three more members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints entered pleas of not guilty in federal court in St. George Friday on the heels of a federal indictment alleging they were part of a multimillion dollar food stamp fraud and money laundering scheme.
In shackles and jail jumpsuits, Nephi Steed Allred, Preston Yates Barlow and Hyrum Bygnal Dutson appeared in court before U.S. Magistrate Judge Robert T. Braithwaite, after Allred surrendered himself to law enforcement Thursday and Preston Barlow and Hyrum Dutson surrendered themselves Friday.
Hyrum Dutson was represented by private attorney Tyler Todd, while Nephi Allred, who will be represented by Jon Williams, and Preston Barlow, who will be represented by Scott Williams, were found to be indigent by the court and appointed public defenders.
The men are three of 11 members of the FLDS polygamous sect, which has historically claimed the twin cities of Hildale, Utah, and Colorado City, Arizona, as home base. They were each charged in a two-count indictment unsealed in U.S. District Court, District of Utah, Tuesday for conspiring to defraud the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and conspiracy to commit money laundering.
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jberryhill
(62,444 posts)obamanut2012
(26,094 posts)Oh, TANF isn't as funny.
jpak
(41,758 posts)olddots
(10,237 posts)obamanut2012
(26,094 posts)They suck.
packman
(16,296 posts)as long as they ask Jesus for forgiveness (which they JUST KNOW He'll give because He is a merciful God) they feel the world of men don't mean anything to them. Sin away, my children. The Lord forgives, and forgives, and forgives, and.....
IthinkThereforeIAM
(3,076 posts)... about the sociopaths we have in government and the business community nationwide. They screw people out of their homes, health care, etc... Then go to church on Friday/Saturday/Sunday (it's secular, you know) for an hour, then it's back to the greed and avarice.
IthinkThereforeIAM
(3,076 posts)...suckering or waiting for them to leave the compound(s) is the new thing.
http://www.keloland.com/news/article/news/custer-county-sheriff-recounts-seth-jeffs-arrest
Umbral18
(105 posts)Why Mormons are so overwhelmingly devoted to that same party is beyond me.