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Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

The Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (abbreviated to FLDS Church or FLDS) is a Mormon fundamentalist group whose members practice polygamy. It is variously defined as a cult, a sect or a new religious movement. The FLDS Church has been involved in various illegal activities, including child marriages, child abandonment, sexual assault and human trafficking including child sexual abuse. The sect is not connected to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), the largest Latter-day Saint denomination.

Since 2002, the president of the FLDS has been Warren Jeffs, who succeeded his father, Rulon Jeffs. Warren Jeffs was arrested in the southeast of Nevada on the evening of August 28th, 2006, although the news of his arrest was not aired until the next day. According to FBI spokesman David Staretz, Warren Jeffs was taken into custody after one of his brothers and one of his wives were stopped while driving around 9:00 p.m. by a Nevada State Trooper on Interstate 15, north of Las Vegas. He was wanted for sexual assault of a child in 2002 and for conspiring to commit sexual assault of a child that same year, as well as federal charges of fleeing to face charges. These offenses occurred in Colorado City, Arizona. He was also wanted in Utah for aiding and abetting rape of a child. Warren had been a fugitive for two years. From May 2006 to August 28, 2006, he was on the FBI's 10 Most Wanted List, with a $100,000 reward for information leading to his capture. He was sentenced to more than 100 years in prison for pedophilia after numerous recordings of him abusing minors were discovered, along with a large number of documents showing that Warren married children as young as 12 to adults and the elderly. There were also documents showing that Warren was married to more than 70 women, more than 20 of whom were minors. Provided by Wikipedia