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Officials say the Texas Rangers are pursuing Rozita Swinton of Colorado as a “person of interest” regarding telephone calls related to the polygamist compound in Eldorado, Texas.Colorado Springs police confirmed that on Wednesday they arrested Swinton, 33, at her home."This arrest stemmed from an incident that occurred in Colorado Springs in February of this year," according to an news release from the Colorado Springs Police Department.Swinton was transferred to the El Paso Criminal Justice Center. The investigation of Swinton is being headed by the Rangers and was disclosed by the Texas Department of Public Safety Friday just after 6 p.m.[[[[[The fact that Swinton has been arrested suggests that the phone call that initiated the raid may have been a false complaint.]]]]]Texas Child Protective Services says it launched a raid on the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints compound earlier in April after receiving an alleged anonymous tip from a 16-year-old girl named "Sarah" who said she was being abused by her 49-year-old husband. "Two Texas Rangers traveled to Colorado Springs, Colorado, on April 16 and met with officers from the Colorado Springs Police Department to discuss a possible connection between Swinton and telephone calls made regarding activities at the polygamist Yearning For Zion (YFZ) Ranch of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (FLDS) in Eldorado, Texas," the release issued late Friday said."Texas Rangers accompanied the Colorado Springs officers while they executed an evidentiary search warrant at Swinton’s residence for items related to previous false reports to authorities in Colorado. During the search, officers found several items that indicated a possible connection between Swinton and calls regarding the FLDS compounds in Colorado City, Arizona, and Eldorado, Texas."Earlier Friday a cult expert told the judge in the West Texas polygamous sect child custody hearing that the group's belief system is abusive. Psychiatrist Bruce Perry testified that teen girls don't resist early marriages because they are trained to be obedient and compliant. Perry took the stand in a hearing about 416 youngsters removed this month from a polygamist compound near Eldorado and placed with Texas Child Protective Services. Perry, who's an expert on children in cults, says while the teen girls believed they were marrying out of free choice-it's a choice based on lessons they've had from birth.Perry interviewed three girls removed during the raid. He also said that many of the adults at the Yearning For Zion Ranch are loving parents and that the boys seemed emotionally healthy when he interacted with them. But he says the sect's belief system "is abusive. The culture is very authoritarian."As in the days of Noah....
