From Deseret News archives:
New charge filed against Jeffs
Washington County prosecutors filed a fugitive complaint against Jeffs this afternoon, in connection with the sex crimes charges the Fundamentalist LDS Church leader is facing in Kingman, Ariz.
"It just has to do with returning him to the state of Arizona and whether he's going to fight extradition or not," deputy Washington County Attorney Brian Filter told the Deseret Morning News.
Jeffs was expected to make an appearance on the fugitive complaint this afternoon via closed circuit TV from the Purgatory Jail.
The two page complaint states that "On or about the 26th day of September, 2006, the Washington County Sheriff's Office was advised that the Mohave County, Arizona, Sheriff's Office held a valid felony warrant" for the arrest of Jeffs.
The Mohave County Attorney has charged Jeffs with sexual conduct with a minor and conspiracy to commit sexual conduct with a minor, class 6 felonies in Arizona. Prosecutors there have said they would likely wait until Utah finished prosecuting Jeffs before proceeding with their case.
The FLDS leader was on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list until he was arrested during a traffic stop outside Las Vegas last month.
Jeffs, 50, is charged in St. George's 5th District Court with two counts of rape as an accomplice, a first-degree felony. He is accused of forcing a teenage girl into a polygamous marriage with an older man. If convicted, he faces up to life in prison.
Jeffs is scheduled to appear at a preliminary hearing on Nov. 21.
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