Barlow Still Faces Kidnapping Charge
 
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KINGMAN, AZ - A prosecutor in Kingman has dismissed charges against a man who scuffled with police at his mother's funeral in Colorado City.

Thomas Barlow, 46, is no longer charged with disorderly conduct, assault and resisting arrest. Colorado City police officer Jonathon Roundy said in his report that he attempted to remove Barlow after he tried to drape flags in place of flowers over his mother's casket at her funeral service last October.

Roundy said he was assisted by police chief Fred Barlow as they each held one of Barlow's hands during their attempt to escort him outside. Roundy said they pushed Barlow down as he struggled for freedom and that the police chief was injured when Barlow landed on his leg. The leg was fractured, according to Roundy.

Prosecutor Lee Jantzen said he dismissed the charges because conflicting stories by witnesses rendered a conviction highly unlikely. Jantzen said that the polygamy practicing fundamentalist sect had excommunicated Thomas Barlow from the church with his wife reassigned to his own brother.

While Barlow no longer is charged in connection with the ruckus at his mother's funeral, Jantzen noted he awaits trial for allegedly kidnapping his wife.
 
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Originally published February 1, 2006
 
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