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Leaders of Colorado City, where members of a polygamous religious enclave reside, are filing complaints accusing Mohave County Sheriff Tom Sheahan of misconduct.
Town Manager David Darger told Mohave County supervisors Monday that Sheahan has gone overboard in efforts to discredit and decertify members of the northern Arizona community’s marshal’s office. Colorado City is home to members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
“This wholesale attack on the city police department is far outside the bounds of propriety of any elected official,” Darger said at the meeting. “The town is currently filing a complaint with the governor’s office and the attorney general’s office concerning this ongoing problem of how the county handles Colorado City issues.”
Sheahan and Mohave County Attorney Matt Smith maintain that county law enforcement presence in Colorado City is necessary. They said several town marshals have been decertified in recent years because they were less loyal to the law than they were to their religion and to FLDS prophet Warren Jeffs, who is jailed in Kingman and awaiting trial.
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