Polygamist leader Arvin Shreeve, wanted in connection with child sexual abuse investigations in Ogden, turned himself in at the Cedar City Police Department Friday morning.
Cedar City Police Chief Pete Hansen said Shreeve, 61, entered the police department office at approximately 8:20 a.m., identified himself to officer Dave Holm and said he understood there was a warrant for his arrest.Ogden police officials were contacted immediately to transport Shreeve.
Shreeve is the reported leader of a small polygamist sect from northern Utah which is being investigated for child sexual abuse. Some of the group's homes in Ogden were raided last week in connection with the abuse charges, and police have been looking for Shreeve since then.
Last week, nine children were taken into protective custody as authorities pursued their child abuse investigation involving members of the group.
Arrest warrants were signed Tuesday for Shreeve, believed to be the group's leader, on felony charges of aggravated sexual assault and sodomy involving two children younger than 14.