>> sam brower, who is warren jeffs? >> warren jeffs is the self-proclaimed prophet of the fundamentalist church jesus christ of latter day saints. he followedin his fathers footsteps was was a prophet before him. and kind of took that religion and the idiosyncrasies to new levels, new heights. >> what do you mean by that? >> they practice polygamy, for one thing, which is illegal in all 50 states. >> it is illegal? >> it is illegal in all 50 states. >> in utah? >> in utah as well. and because of that i think there is this cast of marrying underage little girls. it's kind of a reward system that's been going on now, well, when warren came into power in 2002, it started mushrooming, getting worse and worse and worse. >> when you say he came into power, how did he come into power? >> when warren was a young man, he was kind of an odd duck. he was his father's favorite son. his father took a shine to him, and his father had dozens of sons, but took a shine to warren. and warren was made headmaster of their private school sy

. >> narrator: sam brower is a writing and been following the polygamist sect for a decade and has written a book about the flds called "prophets prey." >> do you think there's chair sons to be made like the mafia? >> yes. even the attorney general has said this is run taliban-style. and that's really all the flds church is, in my opinion. is a organized crime family. break-away sect say that kind of assertion is nonsense. the polygamist leaders and followers who live here simply want to be left alone, to practice their religion as they see fit. but real violence, according to some neighbors, has crept into the community. this burned-out patch of grass in the town of colorado city, arizona, is ask evidence of what authorities say is very disturbing. they burned dozens of book here rather than let an opened library be built because they believe the books were collected by infidels. >> they burned things that didn't belong to them. they've broke noon the building. >> narrator: former flds member stephanie cogrove said she worked for more than two years to collect books for the library. a lib

. >> reporter: sam brower is a private investigator and writer who's been following the polygamous sect closely for nearly a decade and who's written a book about the flds called "prophet's prey." do you think there are comparisons to be made like to the taliban or the mafia? >> absolutely. i mean even the utah attorney general has stated that the flds in this community is run taliban-style and that's really all the flds church is, in my opinion, is an organized crime family. >> reporter: attorneys for the break-away sect say that kind of assertion is nonsense, the polygamist leaders and their followers who live here simply want to be left alone to practice their religion the way they see fit. but real violence, according to some neighbors, has crept into the community. this burned down patch of grass in the town of colorado city, arizona is evidence of what authorities say is a very disturbing example. arizona state investigators say flds leaders burned dozens of books here, rather than let an open library be built, because they believe those books were collected by infidels. >> they b

. >> narrator: sam brower is a writing and been following the polygamist sect for a decade and has written a book about the flds called "prophets prey." >> do you think there's chair sons to be made like the mafia? >> yes. even the attorney general has said this is run taliban-style. and that's really all the flds church is, in my opinion. is a organized crime family. >> narrator: attorneys for the break-away sect say that kind of assertion is nonsense. the polygamist leaders and followers who live here simply want to be left alone, to practice their religion as they see fit. but real violence, according to some neighbors, has crept into the community. this burned-out patch of grass in the town of colorado city, arizona, is ask evidence of what authorities say is very disturbing. they burned dozens of book here rather than let an opened library be built because they believe the books were collected by infidels. >> they burned things that didn't belong to them. they've broke noon the building. >> narrator: former flds member stephanie cogrove said she worked for more than two years to colle

i consider this the most lawless town in the country. >> reporter: sam brower is a private investigatorpolygamist sect closely for nearly a decade. and has written a book on the flds, called "prophet's prey." do you think there's comparisons to be made to the taliban? or the mafia? >> absolutely. even the utah attorney general has stated that the flds in this community is run taliban-style. and that's really all the flds church is, in my opinion. is an organized crime family. >> reporter: attorneys for the breakaway sect says that kind of assertion is nonsense. that the leaders and followers who live here, want to be left alone, to practice their religion as they see fit. but real violence, according to some neighbors, has crept into the community. this burned out patch of grass in the town of colorado city, arizona, is evidence of what authorities say is a very disturbing example. arizona state investigators say flds leaders burned dozens of books here, rather than let an open library be built. why? they believe those books were collected by infidels. >> they burnt things that didn't b