BELLE FOURCHE, S.D. (AP) - A polygamist who's in prison for
sexual assault has been pestering South Dakota county officials
with letters and boxes of books.
Butte County officials say the material is coming from Warren
Jeffs and his supporters.
Jeffs is leader of a sect called the Fundamentalist Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
Jeffs is serving a life term, plus 20 years, in a Texas prison
for sexually assaulting two young girls he claimed as his wives.
A group affiliated with Jeffs owns land in western South
Dakota's Custer County.
But auditor Elaine Jensen says there's no record of Jeffs'
church having any presence in Butte County.
The materials include a letter from Jeffs in which he claims
"keyholding power of authority on Earth."
(Copyright 2012 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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