Two guys overseeing a fire district in Colorado City were arrested yesterday for allegedly using department funds for their own use, “the Republic says”:http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2010/04/08/20100408polygamy-colorado-city.html:

warrants [were] executed Tuesday against Town Manager David W. Darger and Fire Chief Jacob “Jake” Barlow. In an affidavit filed with Mohave County Superior Court, investigators accuse the two of looting money for personal use from the local Fire Department.

Based on information submitted to the court, prosecutors received permission to search the suspects’ homes, offices and computers for evidence of fraudulent schemes.

Darger and Barlow have not been charged with any offense. They did not respond to phone messages.

The town and its sister city HIlldale, in Utah, is known as the home of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, a polygamist sect that despite its name isn’t formally associated with the Mormon Church.

The paper includes this litany of trouble the town’s gotten itself into:

• The imprisonment of FLDS leader Warren Jeffs, known as the “prophet,” for rape as an accomplice in connection with the marriage of an underage girl to an adult. Jeffs, already convicted in Utah, is awaiting trial on similar charges in Arizona and Texas.

• The conviction of about a dozen other men on charges involving sex with child brides.

• The seizure, via civil litigation, of United Effort Plan, an FLDS trust that controlled most of the property in Colorado City/Hildale, once valued at more than $100 million.

• The takeover of Colorado City’s school district, replacing FLDS board members who controlled it.

• The removal and decertification of about a half-dozen Colorado City peace officers.