AP
June 12, 2008
SALT LAKE CITY - The Texas home of a judge who ordered the removal of 440 children from a polygamist ranch is under guard after authorities warned of "enforcers" from the sect, a newspaper reported yesterday.
Cops assigned to Judge Barbara Walther's San Angelo, Texas, house were given dossiers and photos of 16 people deemed a threat, the Deseret News said.
"There are many individuals who are willing to give up their life for the cause," said e-mails obtained from the Washington County sheriff's office.
Rod Parker, a Salt Lake City-based attorney for the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, said there was nothing to worry about.
"Have they ever seen an act of intimidation or violence against law enforcement from the FLDS community at all, ever?" he asked the newspaper.
