A Colorado City polygamist and former member of the
Fundamentalist Church of Latter-day Saints faces five criminal counts alleging
he had unlawful sex with minors who became his wives.
According to a complaint filed late last month in Mohave County Superior Court,
Orson William Black Jr. had sexual relations with Roberta LeAnn Stubbs in
1998-99, when she was age 15 to 17. Black faces similar charges involving Beth
M. Stubbs between 1998 and 2001.
In December, Colorado City's deputy marshal, Rodney Holm, was charged with
bigamy and unlawful sex with Ruth Stubbs, a sister from the same family.
Arizona and Utah prosecutors have spent two years investigating polygamy and
other criminal allegations in Colorado City and Hilldale, along the
Arizona-Utah line.