3 more FLDS members appear in federal indictment case, 2 remain at large
Source: St. George Utah . com
ST. GEORGE – Three more members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints entered pleas of not guilty in federal court in St. George Friday on the heels of a federal indictment alleging they were part of a multimillion dollar food stamp fraud and money laundering scheme.
In shackles and jail jumpsuits, Nephi Steed Allred, Preston Yates Barlow and Hyrum Bygnal Dutson appeared in court before U.S. Magistrate Judge Robert T. Braithwaite, after Allred surrendered himself to law enforcement Thursday and Preston Barlow and Hyrum Dutson surrendered themselves Friday.
Hyrum Dutson was represented by private attorney Tyler Todd, while Nephi Allred, who will be represented by Jon Williams, and Preston Barlow, who will be represented by Scott Williams, were found to be indigent by the court and appointed public defenders.
The men are three of 11 members of the FLDS polygamous sect, which has historically claimed the twin cities of Hildale, Utah, and Colorado City, Arizona, as home base. They were each charged in a two-count indictment unsealed in U.S. District Court, District of Utah, Tuesday for conspiring to defraud the “Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program” and conspiracy to commit money laundering.
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