North Dakota
Nephew of infamous polygamist cult leader Warren Jeffs arrested in North Dakota
MINOT — Federal brokers arrested the nephew of an notorious polygamist cult chief in Ward County, North Dakota, after he spent over a month on the run from regulation enforcement.
Heber Jeffs, nephew to Warren Jeffs, was arrested Saturday, Feb. 11. Heber Jeffs, 55, of Utah, is accused of kidnapping his 10-year-old niece in December 2022.
His niece was discovered secure. Heber Jeffs is being held on the Ward County Jail in Minot.
Court docket paperwork present the lady was in Heber Jeffs’ care after her mother and father divorced when she was an toddler.
Investigators mentioned he reduce off contact with the lady’s mom in August on the orders of his uncle, Warren Jeffs, who remains to be president of the fundamentalist church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
Warren Jeffs is serving a life sentence in a Texas jail for sexually abusing underage women, whom he additionally married.
There isn’t a info but as to when Heber Jeffs might be extradited again to Utah.