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Eldorado Sect Has Branch in South Dakota  

Posted Apr 28, 08 11:38 AM CDT in Crime,  US    Most Covered

(newser) – The polygamous sect currently under investigation in Eldorado, Texas, has a sister compound in Pringle, SD—and it's making locals queasy, USA Today reports. The Pringle compound was started by the same leader in 2003, and is valued over $4.5 million. "They don't just open their doors," says the local sheriff, adding that there have been no abuse allegations. "It's a locked-down operation."

"People say if (polygamy) is happening down there, it's happening up here," Custer County Sheriff Rick Wheeler said, but "it's like anybody's residence. We have to have probable cause to go in."

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Eldorado Sect Has Branch in South Dakota
Members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints are assisted by law enforcement officials in this file photo.   (Associated Press)
Eldorado Sect Has Branch in South Dakota
A member of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, and a mother of four children in state custody becomes emotional while outside the Yearning For Zion ranch near Eldorado, Texas....   (Associated Press)
Eldorado Sect Has Branch in South Dakota
Schleicher County Sheriff's deputies look on as members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints arrive to submit to DNA testing in Eldorado, Texas.   (Associated Press)
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