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Sect Leader To Face Charges In Texas
By examiner.com
Published: 11/24/2010

In a decision issued Tuesday, the Utah Supreme Court ruled that FLDS polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs can be extradited to Texas to stand trial for aggravated sexual assault, sexual assault and bigamy charges.

The nation's headlines were dominated by the story of Warren Jeffs arrest in 2008 by Texas law enforcement authorities after they raided the sect's Yearning for Zion Ranch in Eldorado, Texas. More than 400 children were taken into custody by Child Protective Services officials during the raid.

Texas Rangers gathered evidence during the surprise raid which will be used against America's most famous polygamist in his trial.

Charges are based on an alleged celestial marriage between Jeffs and a 12-year old girl, and a baby that Jeffs allegedly fathered with another underage girl.

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