Warren Jeffs Sentenced to Life in Prison

Warren Jeffs, president of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, has been convicted of child abuse and sexual assault. As of today, he has consequently been sentenced to life in prison. Jeffs, the leader of a polygamist sect was convicted of two separate cases of sexual assault last week with underage females who he argued were his “spiritual partners.”  The jury sentenced him to life in prison for the first case, which was considered aggravated sexual assault. For the second case, he was sentenced to twenty years plus a $10,000 fine. Both sentences were the maximum possible sentencing for each offense. Jeffs’ first charge occurred in 2008 after a ranch that his church operates on was raided near Eldorado, Texas.  He is on the list of the FBI’s ten most wanted fugitives. In July of 2007 he was charged with eight counts of sexual conduct with minors and incest in two separate cases. Later that year, he was found guilty of two separate counts of rape as an accomplice. 

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Burglary suspect accused of ramming Dallas patrol car into home

On the evening of Tuesday, August 2, a suspect of a burglary in Dallas stole and drove off in a Dallas patrol car. He ran into a home while there was another officer inside of the vehicle trying to regain control. He was soon arrested and was identified as 37 year old Jesus Ronald Ramos. Because of the speed of the car, the impact of the vehicle on the home caused several walls of the home to collapse. Ramos was being arrested for attempted burglary. The officer called for backup when he was dealt with faulty handcuffs, and after Ramos' belligerent and violent behavior. The officer also asked for the backup to bring a caged police car. While the officer was waiting for backup Ramos leaped from the backseat into the driver’s seat. The officer was able to chase after him, leaping into the car attempting to regain control. However by that time the car had crashed into the home. Neighbors of the home claim that this is the second vehicle to have hit the home. Ramos will be faced with charges for burglary, defiance of a police officer, and destruction of the home.  

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