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Polygamous properties spared from auction after tax debt paid

Fri, 10 May 2013 12:08:57 MDT

Polygamous properties spared from auction after tax debt paid

by Jim Dalrymple Ii The Salt Lake Tribune

Published May 10, 2013 12:08PM MDT

A flood of recent tax payments has spared more than three dozen polygamist-controlled properties in southern Utah from an auction later this month. According to Washington County Treasurer David Whitehead, payments totally more than $1.1 million were completed Wednesday. The money went toward five years of unpaid property taxes on 38 parcels in Washington County. The parcels are part of the United Effort Plan, a now state-run polygamous trust created by the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Chris...

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First look inside FLDS house, and theory on odd construction

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 16:42:10 MDT

First look inside FLDS house, and theory on odd construction

by Jim Dalrymple Ii The Salt Lake Tribune

Published Apr 27, 2013 04:42PM MDT

Hildale • The history of this sprawling southern Utah compound haunts its now-vacant rooms like ghosts. In a large upstairs room, the plush blue carpet bears divots from rows of narrow-legged chairs. Against a wall, piano wheels left tracks as someone pushed away the instrument. And in a soundproofed back room, the windowsill is covered with dust and construction debris. Willie Jessop, former spokesman for the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (FLDS), purchased the c...

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Former spokesman buys Warren Jeffs’ compound, gets look inside walls

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 22:06:48 MDT

Former spokesman buys Warren Jeffs’ compound, gets look inside walls

by Jim Dalrymple Ii The Salt Lake Tribune

Published Apr 25, 2013 10:06PM MDT

Hildale • After purchasing a compound built for Warren Jeffs Thursday morning, former FLDS spokesman Willie Jessop spent most of the afternoon working to get inside. Jessop had a locksmith at the sprawling, Hildale property hours after the auction closed. Jessop expected the locksmith to be working late into the night to gain access to all the buildings soon, but just before 4 p.m. he invited Tribune journalists inside the walls for a sneak peak of the property. During the brief tour, Jessop...

Warren Jeffs’ polygamous compound goes to auction

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 16:41:51 MDT

Warren Jeffs’ polygamous compound goes to auction

by Jim Dalrymple Ii The Salt Lake Tribune

Published Apr 24, 2013 04:41PM MDT

Days before Warren Jeffs’ southern Utah compound is auctioned on courthouse steps, a sudden flurry of tax payments has surprised officials and may save homes in the surrounding community from being sold. The taxes are not to save the compound built for — but never used by — imprisoned polygamous leader Jeffs. Washington County officials plan to hold an auction at 10 a.m. Thursday in St. George, but for reasons that have nothing to do with taxes. The auction has been approved by a judge to help...