Polygamy Kidnapping Suspect Will Be Returned to Utah

Polygamy Kidnapping Suspect Will Be Returned to Utah
Heber Jeffs. Ward County Sheriff's Department
The Associated Press
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MINOT, N.D.—The nephew of imprisoned Utah polygamous leader Warren Jeffs will be returned to Utah to face charges that he kidnapped his niece, as he waived extradition at a court hearing Monday following his arrest in North Dakota.

Heber Jeffs was arrested by federal agents on Saturday after he was tracked to the town of Minot, but authorities don’t know why he was there, said Sheriff Marty Gleave of Piute County, Utah. He was arrested after a search warrant at a home, Gleave said.