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Corruption Currents: Polygamist Leader Escapes in Oil-or-Nothing Attempt.

Lyle Jeffs, leader of the polygamous Fundamentalist
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,
 escaped from FBI custody using what
 is believed to be olive oil. (Gillian Brockell/The Washington Post)

The leader of a polygamous Utah sect came up with a simple but slippery way to escape law enforcement late last month: olive oil.

Lyle Jeffs, the leader of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (also known as FLDS) was initially being held in jail after federal authorities arrested him and 10 other church leaders over a food-stamp-fraud case earlier this year.

Despite pleas from federal prosecutors and estranged family members who warned that Jeffs would escape, U.S. District Court Judge Ted Stewart ultimately decided to release him in early June because his trial was delayed. Stewart would come to regret his decision less than two weeks later when Jeffs escaped. 

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