Helaman Barlow was police chief of twin towns of Colorado City , Arizona , and Hildale , Utah but admits he did things he now regrets . He said he knew of underage marriages happening in the community and was asked by church leaders to change police reports . He also recorded conversations with law enforcement and passed them on to Jeffs when he was on the run and being sought by the FBI . Jeffs , the leader of the Fundamentalist Church of Latter-Day Saints , is now serving life in prison for marrying and raping two 12-year-old girls . Comment:
Helaman Barlow was police chief of twin towns of Colorado City , Arizona , and Hildale , Utah but admits he did things he now regrets . He said he knew of underage marriages happening in the community and was asked by church leaders to change police reports . He also recorded conversations with law enforcement and passed them on to Jeffs when he was on the run and being sought by the FBI . Jeffs , the leader of the Fundamentalist Church of Latter-Day Saints , is now serving life in prison for marrying and raping two 12-year-old girls . Federal investigators are now suing the towns ' governments , accusing them of being controlled by the church .