From Deseret News archives:

Texas: Colorado woman still under investigation

Published: Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010 1:48 p.m. MST
PRINT | FONT + - 

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.— Texas authorities say they're still investigating a Colorado woman in connection with bogus phone calls that may have triggered a raid on a Texas polygamist group, an apparent contradiction of a claim by the woman's lawyer.

An attorney for Rozita Swinton of Colorado Springs said Wednesday that Texas authorities don't believe she had any "criminal involvement" in the calls. But Jerry Strickland, a spokesman for the Texas attorney general, says the inquiry isn't over.

Texas investigators have called Swinton a "person of interest" in connection with calls to a hot line alleging abuse at the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints' ranch in West Texas.

Authorities later said the hot line calls were fake, and they were traced to a telephone number linked to Swinton.

About this ad

View Comments

DeseretNews.com encourages a civil dialogue among its readers. We welcome your thoughtful comments.

– About Comments

rss icon

Recommended in Utah

Story

Three people were hospitalized Friday after a propane gas leak sparked an explosion on Old Bingham Highway.

Story

A public funeral for Charlie and Braden Powell will be held Saturday, at 11 a.m. (PST), in Tacoma, Wash.

Story

Officials confirmed Friday that a man and a woman were killed in a plane crash near the Morgan County Airport.

No. Utah sees a major earthquake every 350 years. Last one? 350 years ago.