268: Jalaine Ward and Joan Cronier – Nuwaubian Nation Cult Leader Dwight York

FBI Retired Case File Review

Jerri Williams

True Crime, Interviews, Fiction, History, Fbi, Government, Truecrime

4.6 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 10 August 2022

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Retired agents Jalaine Ward and Joan Cronier review their investigation of cult leader Dwight D. York, of the United Nation of Nuwaubian Moors. York used his charisma to recruit thousands of followers. Several hundred cult members lived with their children on his 475-acre compound in Putnam County, Georgia where, for years, he sexually molested boys and girls, 3-18 years old. In 2004, York was convicted and sentenced to 135 years without parole. Jalaine Ward served in the FBI for nearly 27 years. Joan Cronier served in the FBI for 20 years.

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0:00.0	Welcome to episode 268 of FBI Retired Case File Review with Jerry Williams.
0:12.9	I'm a retired agent on a mission to show you who the FBI is and what the FBI does through
0:18.9	my books, my blog and my podcast reviews with former colleagues.
0:24.0	Today, we get to speak to retired agents, Jelaine Ward and Joan Cronier.
0:31.0	They discuss their investigation of cult leader Dwight D. York of the United Nation of
0:37.8	Nuwabian Moors.
0:39.4	York used his charisma to recruit thousands of followers.
0:44.2	Several hundred cult members lived with their children on his 475-acre compound in Putnam
0:52.0	County, Georgia, where, for years, he sexually molested boys and girls 18 to his young
0:59.2	as three years old.
1:01.6	In 2004, York was convicted and sentenced to 135 years in federal prison without parole.
1:10.9	The FBI code name for the investigation was Operation One Man Act.
1:17.2	Jelaine and Joan, along with other members of their prosecutative team, received the Attorney
1:22.5	General's Award for Distinguished Service for their work on this case.
1:27.6	Retired agent Jelaine Ward served in the FBI for nearly 27 years.
1:32.5	She was assigned to the Atlanta Division, making a resident agency.
1:36.6	She worked a variety of investigations with an expertise in white-collar crime, violent
1:41.7	crime, and crimes against children.
1:44.8	She was the National Center of Analysis for Violent Crime and Crimes Against Children
1:50.2	Coordinator for the Atlanta Division for over 20 years and received extensive training
1:56.4	and behavioral analysis, threat assessment, interview, and interrogation, crisis management,
2:02.5	school violence, and the sexual exploitation of children.
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