Polygamist let off charges

A judge dismissed all Arizona charges against polygamist leader Warren Jeffs after a prosecutor said continuing with the charges would be impractical.

Judge Steven Conn granted Mohave County Attorney Matt Smith's motion to dismiss the four charges of being an accomplice to sexual conduct with a minor.

The charges stemmed from two arranged marriages between teenage girls and their older male relatives. Smith said the two alleged victims no longer want to proceed with prosecution in Arizona.

He said Jeffs has already served more time in Arizona than he would receive on conviction, more serious charges are pending against him in Texas, and Jeffs has had significant medical problems while in jail.

The 54-year-old has been ordered back to Utah, where his 2007 convictions on two counts of rape as an accomplice are on appeal to the state Supreme Court.