Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard 2006 Annual Report

2005-2006 Highlights Colorado City
Attorney General Terry
Goddard and Utah Attorney
General Mark Shurtleff
continued to work together to
address issues facing the
communities of Colorado City,
Ariz. and Hildale, Utah.
Their efforts in 2005-2006
included:
• Hunt for Warren Jeffs.
In January 2006, the FBI
authorized a $50,000 reward for
information leading to Jeffs’
arrest and conviction, which
enhanced the
$10,000 reward
offered in July 2005
by the Arizona and
Utah State Attorneys
General. In May
2006, the Federal
Bureau of
Investigation
placed Warren
Jeffs on its Top 10
Most Wanted List.
(Jeffs was arrested
on Aug. 28, 2006
and faces criminal
trials in Arizona
and Utah.)
• Colorado City Police
Officers Decertified.
The Attorney General’s Office
successfully completed
administrative action before the
Arizona Peace Officer Standards
and Training Board, revoking
the peace officer certifications of
former Colorado City Chief of
Police Sam Roundy and officer
Vance Barlow.
• Colorado City Unified
School District.
In December 2005, the Attorney
General’s Office entered into a
consent agreement that placed
the Colorado City Unified
School District in receivership.
The Attorney General’s Office
filed the petition for receivership
with the Arizona State Board of
Education in August 2005. The
petition was filed on the first day
a new state law took effect that
The school district placed in
receivership and a receiver
appointed by the State Board
of Education.
District Superintendent Alvin
Barlow retire and Business
Manager Jeffrey Jessop
resign.
The receiver immediately
begin a full review and
investigation of the district's
financial affairs and submit to
the State Board a financial
improvement plan.
The district make diligent
efforts to reduce operating
expenses and maximize
available assets, including
divesting itself of property,
such as the district's Cessna
airplane.
allowed such legal action. The
agreement required:
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