| BREAKING NEWS: Two arrested at FLDS ranch; initial suspect still at large | |||
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Staff Report San Angelo Standard-Times | |||
Authorities this morning confirmed two arrests in the state investigation of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints' compound outside Eldorado. Leroy Johnson Steed, 41, was arrested Monday on a charge of tampering with physical evidence, a third-degree felony, and is awaiting arraignment, a dispatcher at the Schleicher County Jail said. Levi Barlow Jeffs, 19, also arrested Monday, faces a charge of interfering with the duties of a public servant, a Class B misdemeanor. Jeffs was released on $1,000 bond, the dispatcher said. A third-degree felony is punishable by two to 10 years in prison and a fine of up to $10,000. A Class B misdemeanor is punishable by up to 18 days in jail and a fine up to $2,000. Since Thursday, more than 400 children have been removed by state authorities from the compound and more than 100 women left voluntarily, in some cases to be with their children. The Texas Department of Public Safety and Child Protective Services are continuing to execute search warrants on the ranch. The suspect who sparked the investigation, Dale Barlow, 50, remains at large. He is accused of fathering a baby with an FLDS ranch resident who was 15 when she became pregnant. | |||
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gosanangelo.com Originally published April 8, 2008 | |||
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