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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) -- A lawyer for a woman considered a person of interest in calls that may have prompted a raid on a Texas polygamist group says he's trying for a plea deal in unrelated cases in Colorado.
Rozita Swinton of Colorado Springs faces misdemeanor charges for allegedly making false abuse reports.
David Foley, her attorney, said Monday he's confident he'll reach an agreement with prosecutors before trial. A pretrial conference is scheduled Aug. 28.
Texas authorities say a phone number linked to Swinton may have been used by someone who called a hot line in that state claiming to be a 16-year-old who was being abused.
More than 460 children were removed from a Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints in April but have been returned.
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