SOUTH DAKOTA
Keloland Television
By Derek Olson
Published: January 9, 2012
BELLE FOURCHE, SD – Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints leader Warren Jeffs has been behind bars since last August when he was sentenced to life in prison for sexually assaulting two young girls. But, as Butte County officials are discovering, incarceration isn’t silencing the controversial leader.
In early December, letters from Jeffs began arriving at the Butte County Courthouse. At first, they were handled like any other piece of mail.
“The first time they came, I did give them to my commissioners,” Butte County Auditor Elaine Jensen said.
The letters, which contain some dire jailhouse prophecies from Jeffs, were promptly rejected by the Butte County Commission. But, the packages continued to arrive.
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