By Sam Webb PUBLISHED: 08:10 EST, 23 January 2013 | UPDATED: 12:09 EST, 23 January 2013 Police in a Utah town dominated by one of the largest polygamous sects in the U.S. have been stopping women from leaving, according to a top lawman. Arizona's attorney general Tom Horne yesterday announced a criminal probe of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (FLDS) and the Marshal's Office, which serves as a small police force in the twin polygamous towns of Hildale, Utah, and Colorado City, Arizona. During a news conference held in Phoenix, Mr Horne also announced that a 26-year-old woman had been granted temporary custody of her six children and had fled the town of Colorado City, the home base of the FLDS.
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Arizona Attorney General claims sect is holding women against their will
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He says police in Hildale and Colorado City are holding the women
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Marshal's office in Mormon stronghold strongly denies the claim
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