Washington County Sheriff Kirk Smith said he ordered more of his deputies to patrol Hildale on Tuesday but he was not anticipating any problems.

"I think that any problems that arise are going to come out of the increased news coverage," Smith said Tuesday from his office in Hurricane. "I imagine there will be a literal swarm that will descend on the Hildale/Colorado City area. We just want to make sure order is maintained and that people's privacy are respected."

Mohave County Sheriff's deputies were also seen on patrol on the other side of the border.

The FLDS Church has a number of enclaves scattered across the country including Nevada, Colorado, South Dakota, Texas and British Columbia, Canada.

At the polygamous church's temple site in Eldorado, Texas, Schleicher County Sheriff David Doran broke the news of the arrest to FLDS members there.

"I said, 'I want you to know Warren Jeffs is in custody in Nevada.' They said 'OK' and took that information in," Doran told the Deseret Morning News. "It was very somber. It was hard news for them to swallow."

Doran has maintained communication with FLDS members on the YFZ Ranch. The ranch's name is "Yearning for Zion" after a song Jeffs wrote.

Facing justice

Jeffs is scheduled to appear before a judge in Las Vegas Township Justice Court on Thursday. The judge will tell him about the federal warrants and advise Jeffs of his options.

U.S. Attorney for Utah Brett Tolman said he was considering filing a formal charge of unlawful flight to avoid prosecution. Typically, federal flight warrants are dismissed once a fugitive is caught.

"He has already proven himself a risk of flight," he said Tuesday. "The resources that he has at his disposal are another factor."

Prosecutors in Utah and Arizona are gearing up to prosecute the FLDS leader.

"We're excited that our victim is going to have an opportunity now to have her day in court," deputy Washington County attorney Jerry Jaeger told the Deseret Morning News.

He spoke to the girl who claims that as a teenager she was forced by Warren Jeffs into a polygamous marriage with an older man. It was that charge that led to the first-degree felony rape as an accomplice charges against Jeffs, which could get him five years to life, if convicted. Jaeger spoke to the young woman on Tuesday, informing her of Jeffs' arrest.

"She's brave. She's somewhat nervous, too. She's wanting to go forward and wanting to eventually have her case heard and have her day in court," he said.