| Colorado City Fire Chief Jacob 'Jake' Barlow Indicted | |
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by Brian Wedemeyer KCSG Television | |
(Kingman, AZ) - The Chief of the Colorado City Fire District has been named in a 30 count criminal indictment. Jacob Barlow is charged with 27 counts of violating his duties as custodian of public monies. He also has been charged with three counts of participating in a criminal syndicate in the August 4 indictment by a Mohave County grand jury. Another Colorado City Fire District official who has not yet been publicly named faces 12 of the same 30 charges. Arraignments in the case involving alleged misuse of public funds are expected early next week. Management of the twin towns (Colorado City, Arizona and Hildale, Utah), as well as the FLDS Church and its religious traditions, have been under increased scrutiny since 2005, following allegations of a number of underage marriages and misuse of church funds. This led Utah officials to appoint a special fiduciary, Salt Lake CPA Bruce Wisan, to oversee the communities' holdings, which are known as the United Effort Plan Trust. Utah took over financial oversight of the United Effort Plan Trust in 2005 amid allegations of mismanagement by the FLD leader, Warren Jeffs, who is now serving a life sentence in Texas after being convicted of sexual assault on two underage girls in his church. Wisan said at the time of the raid in April 2010 that there was evidence of funds having been mishandled and as much as $2-million dollars misappropriated over seven years. | |
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KCSG.com Originally published August 16, 2011 | |
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