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SALT LAKE CITY (KSTU) — Polygamist leader Lyle Jeffs has escaped custody, federal authorities confirmed to FOX 13.
A warrant was been issued for the Fundamentalist LDS Church leader’s arrest, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for Utah said Monday.
Jeffs was released from jail on June 9 while he was awaiting trial on food stamp fraud and money laundering charges. His lawyers successfully argued that with a delay in his trial sought by federal prosecutors, he should be released. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for Utah argued that Jeffs should remain in jail because he is a flight risk.
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