Texas Seizes Jeffs Polygamist YFZ Ranch

Texas Seizes Jeffs Polygamist YFZ Ranch
tags: Timeline 2014, flds, polygamy, texas, child abuse, hoax

April 17, 2014 Texas Seizes Jeffs Polygamist YFZ Ranch In Eldorado Texas, Texas authorities seized the Yearning for Zion Ranch of imprisoned Warren Jeff's FLDS church. The state alleged that FLDS leaders financed a $1.1 million purchase of the land in 2003 through money laundering and committed sexual assaults on the property. On the basis of a hoax phone call, FBI and police stormed the compound with assault rifles and an armored carrier. Evidence uncovered led to authorities believing underage girls were at risk of child abuse and being forced into bigamist marriages. Authorities took all 439 children of the community into protective custody in preparation to remove them from their families and put them up for adoption. They were later released after it was not established that every child was in immediate risk of abuse, but evidence uncovered in the raid led to further prosecutions of the sect.

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Texas Seizes Polygamist Warren Jeffs' Ranch - NBC News

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NBCNews.com

Apr 17, 2014 - ELDORADO, Texas — The secluded Texas ranch where followers of imprisoned polygamist Warren Jeffs lived in near isolation was seized by ...

Polygamist Warren Jeffs' Texas ranch being seized by state ...

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CNN

Apr 18, 2014 - (CNN) -- Texas authorities initiated the seizure of the 1,600-acre ranchwhere prosecutors say polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs and others ...

Texas Seizes Polygamist Group's Secluded Ranch - ABC ...

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ABC News

Apr 18, 2014 - The secluded Texas ranch where followers of imprisoned polygamist Warren Jeffs lived in near isolation was seized by state agents on ...

Authorities seize Texas ranch belonging to polygamist ...

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Fox News Channel

Apr 17, 2014 - State agents have seized a polygamous group's Texas ranch where ...ranch belonging to polygamist group, imprisoned leader Warren Jeffs.

Texas seizes ranch of imprisoned polygamist leader Warren ...

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The Raw Story

Apr 18, 2014 - SAN ANTONIO, Texas (Reuters) – The sprawling Yearning for ZionRanch in west Texas, where polygamist leader Warren Jeffs sexually ...

Texas seizes polygamist Warren Jeffs' 1,600-acre ranch ...

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The Washington Times

Apr 18, 2014 - Texas law authorities seized polygamist Warren Jeffs' 1600-acre ranch, ordering the handful of sect members who still lived at the property to ...