article_snippet.sent: The former police chief of two small towns where Jeffs church dominates has admitted putting the church's interests above the law out of fear Jeffs family would be taken away.
article_snippet.sent: Federal investigators are now suing the towns' governments, accusing the towns' governments of being controlled by Fundamentalist Church of Latter-Day Saints leader Warren Jeffs.
article_snippet.sent: In a statement, an attorney for the towns' governments denied that officials are controlled by Fundamentalist Church of Latter-Day Saints leader Warren Jeffs.
highlights_snippet.sent: Federal investigators are now suing the towns' governments, accusing the towns' governments of being controlled by the church .