Editing Warren Jeffs (section)

===Allegations and fugitive from justice===
In July 2004, Jeffs's nephew, Brent Jeffs, filed a lawsuit alleging that Jeffs had raped him in the FLDS Church's [[Salt Lake Valley]] compound in the late 1980s. Together with author [[Maia Szalavitz]], Brent wrote the memoir ''Lost Boy,'' which recounts alleged incidents of child sexual abuse inflicted upon him by Jeffs, his brothers, and other family members, committed when Brent was aged 5 or 6.<ref name="Jeffs 2009">{{cite book |last= Jeffs |first= Brent W. |title= Lost Boy |year= 2009 |location= New York |publisher= [[Broadway Books]] |isbn= 978-0767931779}}</ref><ref name=npr>{{citation |last= Gross |first= Terry |author-link= Terry Gross |title= From Polygamist Royalty To FLDS Lost Boy |url= https://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=104359348 |work= [[Fresh Air]] |publisher= [[WHYY-FM]], [[NPR]] |access-date=June 3, 2019|date= May 21, 2009 }}</ref><ref name=Coliseum1>{{cite news|title=Lisa reads: Lost Boy by Brent W. Jeffs|url=http://whenfallsthecoliseum.com/2009/06/23/lisa-reads-lost-boy-by-brent-w-jeffs/|access-date=January 6, 2015|publisher=When Falls the Coliseum|date=June 23, 2009|archive-date=October 21, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151021223849/http://whenfallsthecoliseum.com/2009/06/23/lisa-reads-lost-boy-by-brent-w-jeffs/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="David Kelly">{{cite news |last1= Kelly |first1= David |first2= Gary |last2= Cohn |title= Insider accounts put sect leader on the run |url= http://seattletimes.com/html/nationworld/2002996905_secttwo16.html |agency= [[Los Angeles Times]] |newspaper= [[The Seattle Times]] |date= May 16, 2006 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131021170131/http://seattletimes.com/html/nationworld/2002996905_secttwo16.html |archive-date= October 21, 2013 }}</ref> Brent's brother Clayne committed suicide after accusing Jeffs of sexually assaulting him as a child.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kelly |first1=David |last2=Cohn |first2=Gary |author-link2=Gary Cohn (journalist) |title=Where Few Dare to Disobey |url=https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-polygamyenclave-13may1206-story.html |access-date=May 11, 2019 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=May 16, 2006}}</ref> Two of Jeffs's nephews and two of Jeffs's own children have also publicly claimed to have been sexually abused by him.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Escobedo |first1=Tricia |title=Warren Jeffs' son, daughter allege sexual abuse |url=https://www.cnn.com/2015/09/29/us/warren-jeffs-children-allegations/index.html |access-date=May 7, 2019 |work=[[CNN]] |date=October 1, 2015}}</ref>

In June 2005, Jeffs was charged in [[Mohave County, Arizona]], with sexual assault on a minor and with conspiracy to commit sexual misconduct with a minor for allegedly [[arranged marriage|arranging]] in April 2001 a marriage between a then-14-year-old girl and her 19-year-old first cousin, Allen. The young girl, [[Elissa Wall]] (then known as "Jane Doe IV," and the younger sister of Rebecca Wall), testified that she begged Rulon Jeffs to let her wait until she was older or choose another man for her. The elder Jeffs was apparently "sympathetic," but his son was not, and she was forced to go through with the marriage. Wall alleged that Allen often raped her and that she repeatedly [[miscarried]]. She eventually left Allen and the community.

In July 2005, the Arizona Attorney General's office distributed wanted posters offering $10,000 for information leading to Jeffs's arrest and conviction. On October 28, Jeffs's brother [[Seth Jeffs|Seth]] was arrested under suspicion of harboring a fugitive. During a routine traffic stop in [[Pueblo County, Colorado]], police found nearly $142,000 in cash, $7,000 worth of prepaid debit cards and personal records. During Seth's court case, FBI Agent Andrew Stearns testified that Seth had told him that he did not know where his older brother was and that he would not reveal his whereabouts if he did. Seth was convicted of harboring a fugitive on May 1, 2006.<ref>{{cite news |title=Polygamist's Brother Pleads Guilty to Harboring a Fugitive |url=https://www.ksl.com/article/240154 |access-date=May 13, 2019 |work=[[KSL (radio network)|KSL Broadcasting]] |agency=Associated Press |date=May 1, 2006 |language=en}}</ref> On July 14, he was sentenced to three years probation and a $2,500 fine.<ref>{{cite web |author1=[[United States Attorney]]'s Office [[United States District Court for the District of Colorado|District of Colorado]] |title=Seth Steed Jeffs Sentenced for Harboring Fugitive Brother |url=https://www.justice.gov/archive/usao/co/news/2006/July06/7_14_06.html |website=www.justice.gov |access-date=May 13, 2019 |date=July 14, 2006}}</ref>

On April 5, 2006, Utah issued an arrest warrant for Jeffs on felony charges of accomplice rape of a teenage girl between 14 and 18 years old.<ref name="findlaw"/> Shortly after, on May 6, the FBI placed Jeffs on its Top Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list, offering a $60,000 reward.<ref>{{cite web |title=FBI Announces New Top Tenner: Warren Jeffs |url=https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/2006/may/jeffs050606 |website=[[FBI]] |access-date=May 13, 2019 |language=en-us |date=May 5, 2006}}</ref> He was the 482nd fugitive placed on the list. The reward was soon raised to $100,000, and the public was warned that "Jeffs may travel with a number of loyal and armed bodyguards."<ref>{{cite web |author=FBI |date=June 23, 2006 |url=http://www.njlawman.com/most%20wanted%202.htm <!-- contents may change, see archive --> |title=America's Most Wanted |work=njlawman.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060623065039/http://www.njlawman.com/Most%20Wanted%202.htm |archive-date=June 23, 2006 |url-status=live |access-date=May 11, 2011}}</ref>

On June 8, 2006, Jeffs returned to Colorado City to perform more "child-bride marriages."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Winslow |first1=Ben |title=Jeffs seen in Arizona? |url=https://www.deseretnews.com/article/640185888/Jeffs-seen-in-Arizona.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100731175649/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/640185888/Jeffs-seen-in-Arizona.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 31, 2010 |access-date=May 13, 2019 |work=[[Deseret News]] |date=June 10, 2006 |language=en}}</ref> On May 27, 2008, ''[[The Smoking Gun]]'' website released images of Jeffs with two underage wives, one of whom was 12 years old, celebrating first wedding anniversaries in 2005 and 2006.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Kiss Of Jeffs |url=http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/crime/kiss-jeffs |website=[[The Smoking Gun]] |access-date=May 13, 2019 |language=en |date=July 20, 2011}}</ref>