On 2009-10-23, Tyler & Eirene were both transferred to the Pinal County Jail in Florence, Arizona. Here is their current contact information:

Pinal County Jail
Timothy Whiteway 003191792
P.O. Box 2610
Florence, AZ 85132

Jennifer Whiteway 003290484
[same address]

You can use Mail-to-Jail to contact them once it’s updated. Note that Arizona only allows inmates to receive postcards (up to 5×7″), and not letters.

Thanks to Kevin C. for finding out the specific information for us. Until 2009-11-02, it was only known that they’d been extradited, but not specifically where to, or what their contact information is.

Tyler & Eirene’s extradition hearing was held on 2009-10-13 at 08:00 in Manchester District Court. Cassidy and I got there at 08:00 to observe, but the hearing didn’t start until after 10:00 (as usual, the last case being heard). Tyler & Eirene had separate public defenders. The Governor’s Warrant had been signed, and they’d both agreed to not fight extradition, so they were returned to custody pending the actual extradition.

The State of Arizona was given until 2009-10-26 at 23:00 to send their officials to New Hampshire; otherwise, a new hearing would take place on 2009-10-27. On 2009-10-23, the Arizona officials arrived and Tyler & Eirene Sanstail were extradited.

An Arizona newspaper, the Casa Grande Dispatch, reports that Tyler & Eirene Sanstail are wanted in Arizona for allegedly committing a number of sex offenses against their children. The Union-Leader also covered the story here in New Hampshire, but the story did not appear in the online edition.

Several activists have been in touch with Tyler & Eirene, in person and through letters, and they both maintain their innocence, claiming that Eirene’s mother objected to their religious beliefs and child-raising techniques; she was able to gain custody of their children through the courts. Tyler & Eirene left Arizona shortly thereafter and settled in New Hampshire.

As this is an open case and the Sanstails have retained counsel, we will not be reporting on any further details of their defense.

At approximately 15:00 on 2009-09-15, Deliah was visited at home by five detectives, two of whom were from Arizona, who were seeking to question her about Tyler & Eirene Sanstail after their arrest yesterday. Instead of answering their questions, she promptly called Porc411, and within minutes three other activists showed up in order to lend their support.

Finally realizing that no one would speak with them, they left. Several of us expected them to show up this evening at Taproom Tuesday (the weekly liberty activist social gathering at a local Manchester bar), in order to attempt to interrogate other friends of the Sanstails, but this gaggle of detectives hasn’t been heard from since.

At around 03:00 on 2009-09-14, Tyler & Eirene Sanstail, two Free State Project participants, were arrested in a Manchester park for an outstanding warrant for several felony counts from Arizona. They were arrested and their vehicle was impounded.

The arraignment was held the next morning at 09:00, but didn’t get underway until 11:00. Several Manchester courtroom activists attended to observe and report. Tyler & Eirene were arraigned on multiple felony counts of some sort of child abuse allegations. Mike reported that he didn’t “want to break the news about who was involved or why they were there. It’s going to come out in a few days; a Union Leader reporter was in court and is doing a story on it, and it’s not going to be a good story.”

Tyler & Eirene’s bail was set at $100,000 cash only, and the extradition hearing was scheduled for 2009-10-13 at 08:00. After the arraignment, both of them were returned to jail.

NH-CLOG has minimal involvement in this case, as Tyler & Eirene have decided to hire public defenders. However, since several activists are peripherally connected to this case, or are friends with the Sanstails, we’ve decided to cover it briefly here.