FBI: Men who spotted polygamous leader will split reward
SALT LAKE CITY — A pair of pawn shop workers who provided a key tip that helped authorities capture a fugitive polygamous sect leader will split a $50,000 reward from the FBI, the agency revealed Monday.
The FBI commended the men for writing down the license plate of the truck that Lyle Jeffs was driving when he stopped to sell tools and didn’t take off his hat and sunglasses.
Jeffs was arrested last month in a lakeside area near the South Dakota-Nebraska border after a year on the lam.
The men, whose names were withheld by the FBI to protect their privacy, will split the reward based on their level of assistance.