Did this Colorado woman make a hoax call that prompted the Polygamist Ranch raid?
Could be...
A call from a 16-year old girl, claiming sexual abuse at the Texas Polygamist Compound may have been a prank call from a Colorado Springs woman. 33-year old Rozita Swinton was arrested Wednesday Night by Colorado Springs Police.
According to sources close to the investigation, the F.B.I. began tracing calls from a person named “Sarah” to a Teenage Rescue Mission for girls trying to escape the sect. “Sarah” is the same person who made the call which lead to the raid. Authorities now believe Swinton was behind those fake calls, where 416 children were removed from the compound…
“She does have some history with Colorado Springs Police of making prior false calls to police,” says Lt. Skip Arms. Court Affidavits have been sealed in her recent arrest, but NEWSCHANNEL 13 has learned that it relates to a false call back in February from a girl named “Jennifer” claiming she was being held hostage in a basement off Candon Drive. Colorado Springs Police spent most of the day searching more than a dozen homes for a person in distress.
Meanwhile, a scrum of lawyers is having melee practice in San Angelo, Texas…
Posted: Fri - April 18, 2008 at 09:28 AM