Mike Watkiss: Confessions of an Ambulance Chaser

Thu Jul 15 17:13:59 PDT 2010 by Mike Watkiss

He wanted to put a face on the victims

Paul Patrick wanted "to put a face on the victims." That's what his mom told me on Saturday afternoon.

Thu Jul 15 17:05:54 PDT 2010 by Mike Watkiss

Story Hustler!

I've been called a lot of names during my career. Some have been nice. Others have not been so nice.But the one reference that I think I like the best was written by an author named Lisa D. Campbell.

Thu Jul 15 17:04:05 PDT 2010 by Mike Watkiss

Depends on if you're friend or foe

I've had a lot of weird celebrity encounters during my career. Pierce Brosnon was a really cool guy. Elizabeth Taylor was a pain in the butt. Sylvester Stallone once tried to drag me in to a lawsuit.

Thu Jul 15 17:07:16 PDT 2010 by Mike Watkiss

Dear Mr. Fisher--help me understand

I've spent much of my adult life at crime scenes....belly-up to police tape in big cities and small towns....watching as emergency responders do their thing.

Thu Jul 15 17:09:15 PDT 2010 by Mike Watkiss

Elizabeth Taylor, Michael Jackson and that Romantic Flight to Singapore

I've done a lot of wacky interviews in my time, but ambushing actress Elizabeth Taylor on board an airplane bound for Singapore was probably one of the most crazed in a gonzo-journalism kind of way.

Thu Jul 15 17:02:21 PDT 2010 by Mike Watkiss

I wish I had a buck.

I've done a lot of wacky interviews in my time, but ambushing actress Elizabeth Taylor on board an airplane bound for Singapore was probably one of the most crazed in a gonzo-journalism kind of way.

Fri May 14 15:49:00 PDT 2010 by Mike Watkiss

Elend LeBaron talks to 3TV's Mike Watkiss about polygamist family

Mike Watkiss interviews Elend LeBaron who speaks out against his polygamist family and particularly his father during a one-on-one interview.

Fri May 14 15:52:12 PDT 2010 by Mike Watkiss

Former polygamy member Rena Chynoweth talks to 3TV's Mike Watkiss

Rena Chynoweth, who wrote a book about her painful polygamous past, sits down for a one-on-one interview with 3TV's Mike Watkiss.

Fri May 14 17:57:34 PDT 2010 by Mike Watkiss

FBI nabs polygamist accused of masterminding killing of 4 family members

Mike Watkiss reports FBI agents nabbed one of America's Most Wanted fugitives in Honduras this week: Jacqueline Tarsa-LeBaron, who is accused of killing four members of her own family.

Mon Jun 14 23:22:42 PDT 2010 by Mike Watkiss

New details in bloody chapter of polygamy diaries

New details are coming to light into perhaps the most brutal and bloody chapter in the polygamy diaries

Mon Feb 28 17:30:59 PST 2011 by Mike Watkiss

Jeffs sends letter to president demanding to be released

Sources tell 3TV’s Mike Watkiss that incarcerated polygamist prophet Warren Steed James issued a proclamation from behind bars.

Mon Jul 25 07:12:29 PDT 2011 by Mike Watkiss

Warren Jeffs trial: Show time in Texas

Hundreds of prospective jurors will begin arriving at the old historic courthouse in the west Texas town of San Angelo as the long-awaited trail of polygamous prophet Warren Steed Jeffs finally gets under way.

Tue Jul 26 07:40:47 PDT 2011 by Mike Watkiss

Jury picked for Warren Jeff's TX trial: 2 men and 10 women

As an unrelenting heat wave continues to bake west Texas, the hottest story in this part of the Lone Star State continues to be the trial of polygamous prophet Warren Steed Jeffs, which is in its second day of jury selection.

Wed Jul 27 10:29:30 PDT 2011 by Mike Watkiss

Warren Jeffs’ trial ready to move forward

After two long and grueling days of jury selection in the sweltering town of San Angelo, a jury has been impaneled to hear the sexual-assault case against polygamous prophet Warren Steed Jeffs.

Thu Jul 28 07:04:00 PDT 2011 by Mike Watkiss

Broken whispers

I remember the first young girl I ever interviewed who had run from Colorado City. Her name was Cheri Beth Taylor.

Fri Jul 29 08:12:19 PDT 2011 by Mike Watkiss

Wild time in Texas in trial of Warren Jeffs

I have covered the practice of polygamy in America for 30 years. I have watched Warren Jeffs rise to power as the favored son of his prophet father Rulon over the last 15 years.

Sun Jul 31 09:53:11 PDT 2011 by Mike Watkiss

Whatever happens to Warren Jeffs -- the media Is already guilty

The story of Warren Jeffs and polygamy in America did not start when Texas Rangers raided the YFZ Ranch and it will not end with Mr. Jeffs' trial here in San Angelo. The history is long and the stories plentiful enough to fill-up libraries.

Wed Aug 03 13:42:01 PDT 2011 by Mike Watkiss

The tale of the tape in Texas vs. Jeffs

Prosecutors held back their most powerful punch until the very end of the trial of polygamous prophet Warren Jeffs.

Fri Aug 05 11:38:59 PDT 2011 by Mike Watkiss

The long and torturous journey to justice: The criminal conviction of Warren Jeffs

It has been years in the making, but in the end it took a Texas jury less than four hours, including lunch, to find polygamous prophet Warren Steed Jeffs guilty of two counts of sexually assaulting two young girls.

Mon Aug 08 12:51:13 PDT 2011 by Mike Watkiss

Smackdown time for Uncle Warren

It really shouldn't come as any great surprise that Warren Jeffs ran out of the courtroom like a whinny little boy when prosecutors began presenting the sentencing phase of his sexual assault trial in Texas.

Tue Aug 09 07:36:39 PDT 2011 by Mike Watkiss

Finally light at the end of a long dark tunnel

For jurors in Warren Jeffs' sexual assault trial, there is now finally and mercifully light at the end of what must have seemed like a very long, dark and stomach-turning tunnel.

Mon Jan 09 09:33:20 PST 2012 by Mike Watkiss

Letters from Warren Jeffs

Polygamous prophet Warren Jeffs may be locked up, but he certainly has not shut up.

Thu Feb 02 16:51:24 PST 2012 by Mike Watkiss

Polygamist prophent Warren Jeffs controlling sect from behind bars

Polygamist prophent Warren Jeffs calls the shots and rules with an iron fist in the border towns of Hildale, Utah and Colorado City, Ariz.

Fri Feb 03 07:18:33 PST 2012 by Mike Watkiss

Ruth Stubbs talks about becoming a reluctant crusader against Warren Jeffs

No one played an earlier or more significant role in starting pedophile prophet and FLDS leader Warre Jeffs on the path to a Texas prison than a brave young woman named Ruth Stubbs.

Wed Mar 14 06:39:00 PDT 2012 by Mike Watkiss

Polygamous town target of Arizona lawmakers

The police force from the polygamous town of Colorado City, Ariz. was the focus of a group of Arizona lawmakers Tuesday.

Mon Oct 01 20:59:05 PDT 2012 by Mike Watkiss

Baby Gabriel baby sitter testifies in Elizabeth Johnson trial

Day six in the trial of missing Baby Gabriel's mom Elizabeth Johnson started with prosecutors calling to the witness stand a couple of people from Texas who interacted with Johnson in late 2009.

Wed Nov 21 05:47:39 PST 2012 by Mike Watkiss

Polygamist leader Warren Jeffs issues holiday edicts from prison

It has become a well-established holiday tradition -- polygamous prophet and convicted child-rapist Warren Jeffs issuing bizarre edicts and doomsday proclamations from behind the walls of a Texas prison.

Wed Mar 27 19:59:39 PDT 2013 by Mike Watkiss