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Lyle Jeffs, polygamist leader who was on the run, to be arraigned Monday in Salt Lake City

Courts • Ex-FLDS bishop indicted in food-stamp scheme.

Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune FLDS leader Lyle Jeffs speaks to a small crowd in Salt Lake City after a hearing was held at the Matheson Courthouse Wednesday, July 29, 2009 to decide on the sale of the Berry Knoll property in the United Effort Plan (UEP) land trust.

Lyle Jeffs, once a bishop in the polygamous Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and the only defendant remaining in what prosecutors have called a scheme to defraud the federal food stamp program, will appear in court Monday in Salt Lake City.

Jeffs, 57, had been at a jail in Sioux Falls, S. D., near where he was captured June 14. It was unclear Friday whether he had been returned to Utah, though arraignment hearings typically are not scheduled unless a defendant is in the state where the hearing will occur.

Prosecutors in February 2016 indicted 11 people with allegedly defrauding the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program, or SNAP. The other defendants have all pleaded guilty. Jeffs' is the only case remaining.

[From 2016: Meet Lyle Jeffs, the man who runs a polygamous sect for his imprisoned brother]

He absconded from home confinement on June 18 of last year. Three hundred sixty-one days later, law enforcement, acting on a tip from a pawn shop dealer who saw Jeffs' identification when he tried to sell a Leatherman, arrested Jeffs in Yankton, S.D.

After his arrest, a new indictment was issued. Jeffs is now charged with one count of conspiracy to defraud SNAP and one count of conspiracy to launder money, as well as failure to appear in court.

ncarlisle@sltrib.com

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Courtesy | FBI Lyle Steed Jeffs is wanted for fleeing from home confinement in Salt Lake City, Utah, over the weekend of June 18 to June 19, 2016.

Courtesy | FBI Lyle Steed Jeffs is wanted for fleeing from home confinement in Salt Lake City, Utah, over the weekend of June 18 to June 19, 2016.

Courtesy | FBI Lyle Steed Jeffs is wanted for fleeing from home confinement in Salt Lake City, Utah, over the weekend of June 18 to June 19, 2016.

Scott Sommerdorf | The Salt Lake Tribune FBI Special Agent in Charge Eric Barnhart speaks at a press conference about the arrest of FLDS Church Leader Lyle Jeffs, Thursday, June 15, 2017. Jeffs was arrested Wednesday night in South Dakota.

Scott Sommerdorf | The Salt Lake Tribune FBI Special Agent in Charge Eric Barnhart, left, speaks as US Attorney for Utah John Huber is at right at a press conference about the arrest of FLDS Church Leader Lyle Jeffs, Thursday, June 15, 2017. Jeffs was arrested Wednesday night in South Dakota.

image courtesy KSFY Lyle Jeffs is seen on Thursday, June 15, 2017, after his arrest in South Dakota.