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Apr 19, 2008 8:41 pm US/Mountain

Colorado Arrest May Be Linked To Texas Polygamists

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (CBS4) ― Texas Rangers were in Colorado Springs Wednesday as part of their investigation into a polygamist compound that was raided last week after a call from a young woman. A woman was arrested in Colorado Springs who may be related to the case in Texas.

The Colorado Springs police said Rozita Swinton, 33, was arrested for false reporting in connection with a February incident in Colorado. Investigators said Swinton had called them in February claiming to be an abused child being held in a basement.

A judge ordered the case sealed preventing other details from being released.

Officers said the Texas officials were there in relation to Swinton and her arrest.

There is no official word on what her connection might have been in the Texas case, in which hundreds of children were seized from a polygamist compound.

Someone claiming to be a 16-year-old girl called an abuse hotline in Texas claiming that her husband, a 50-year-old member of the polygamist sect, beat and raper her. Investigators in Texas have yet to locate the girl.

Published reports said Texas investigators traced that call to Colorado Springs.

The Texas Rangers would not comment on any possible connection to the Colorado Springs arrest.

Swinton was released on bond early Friday morning.

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