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Posted: 11:16 AM- LAS VEGAS - Clad in a dark blue jail jumpsuit and with his arms held by two Las Vegas Swat team officers, polygamous prophet Warren S.
Jeffs waived extradition Thursday morning and agreed to be brought to Utah to face prosecution.
The hearing before Judge James M. Bixler last just three minutes.
After Bixler explained his options, Jeffs, speaking in a barely audible voice, said he wanted to "go ahead and be extradited."
As Jeffs made his appearance, his younger brother Issac looked on from a front row seat. Jeffs did not look at his brother, who stood as he was escorted out of the 7th floor courtroom.
Jeffs was transported to the courtroom via an underground tunnel that connects the detention center and justice center -- standard procedure for inmates. Issac Jeffs left immediately and took off down the block at a fast pace, pursued by media. He did not offer any comments.
Jeffs looked thin, his dark brown hair streaked with silver in the back. His hands and feet were shackled.
Jeffs will now be brought to Utah by the Washington County Sheriff's Office and incarcerated at the Purgatory Jail to await legal proceedings.
Prosecutors agreed on Wednesday to first seek Jeffs' extradition to Utah, where the Washington County attorney has charged him with two first-degree felonies, punishable by five years to life in prison.
Jeffs was arrested Monday night by a Nevada Highway Patrol trooper in a routine traffic stop on I-15 north of Las Vegas. He was in a mauroon Cadillac Escalade being driven by Issac Jeffs, a younger brother. One of his plural wives, Naomi Jessop Jeffs, also was in the vehicle.
The FBI's Las Vegas division released Issac Jeffs and Naomi Jeffs Tuesday morning after conferring with counterparts in Utah and Arizona and determining there was no reason to hold them, according to Special Agent David Nanz.
At the time of his arrest, Jeffs was dressed in shorts, a T-shirt and tennis shoes. He asked to be allowed to change into a suit before being taken to the Clark County Detention Center, where he was photographed and booked into a single cell.
Jeffs has been on the run since late summer of 2003, when law enforcement authorities first began subpoening FLDS members in connection with an investigation of underage marriages.
In the fall of 2003, his followers began purchasing propertiies in other states, including Nevada, Colorado, South Dakota, and, most notably, Texas.