Warren Jeffs coming back to Utah
 
Reported by: Brent Hunsaker
ABC 4 News
ABC 4 News
Warren Jeffs

SALT LAKE CITY (ABC 4 News) - A Mohave County, Arizona judge dismissed the last of the charges against Warren Jeffs and ordered him returned to Utah.

Mohave County Attorney Matt Smith told the judge in a "motion to dismiss" that the two victims in these cases "no longer desire to proceed with prosecution in the State of Arizona..."

Smith admitted that trial would have been a waste of time and money. The Judge in the case had already said Jeffs had served more jail time than he would receive if convicted.

Though Jeffs will come back to Utah, he likely will not stay long. Texas authorities already has a fugitive warrant for his arrest. Once here, they will immediately ask for his extradition.

Jeffs may wish he'd stayed in Arizona. In Texas he is not charged with be an accomplice to child rape, but with the rape itself. The charges carry a possible sentence of life in prison.

What's happening to Warren Jeffs is the legal equivalent of jumping out of the frying pan and into the fire.
 
ABC4.com
Originally broadcast June 9, 2010
 
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