Midnight musings in Vegas
It is after midnight here in Las Vegas and in the casino many floors below me, hundreds of tourists are flipping cards, rolling the dice or punching the slot machine buttons.
But I am still thinking about one unlucky gambler -- Warren Steed Jeffs, who is spending this night just a couple blocks awway on one of the many floors of the tan-colored cement structure that is the Clark County Detention Center.
I walked by the building this afternoon. The detention center consists of two towers, a 12 story north tower and the 6 story south tower. The sounds -- loud, aggressive noises -- of inmates in the recreation yard of the south tower drifted down to the street, audible above the traffic. A reception clerk explained it to me.
Sometimes, she said, you can even hear the inmates in the north tower banging on the windows from the street.
There was just one news truck outside the detention center and its news crew was doing the same thing I was: trying to get a sense of Jeffs' new, if temporary, home.
I scanned the many windows, but saw no one looking out. No one banging the windows.
Jeffs, I was told, was still being processed and had yet to be taken to any particular floor, though I assume that is not information any one would share even if they actually knew where he was.
Jeffs will have a short journey to the courthouse for Thursday's early morning extradition hearing. The building is just across the street from the detention center.
A few hours later I went to a press conference with Trooper Eddie Dutchover of the Nevada Highway Patrol. One interesting thing he said is that Jeffs had told him he was just in Las Vegas for a day. That didn't jibe with all the luggage stuffed into the rear of the maroon Cadillac Escalade, though.
Did it appear Jeffs had been living out of the car? I asked. Dutchover said it was clear he had been traveling extensively.
Months ago, some sources told me that it was most likely that Jeffs was traveling around in single vehicle, accompanied by one or two loyal followers -- not in the convoys of armed guards described by some.
I was also told he might be donning female clothing at times. The three wigs found in the Escalade seem to support that theory.
One curiosity: Why didn't Warren and Issac have their stories straight? That is the same thing that tripped up Seth Jeffs, his
brother, when he was arrested after a traffic stop in Colorado in October 2005.
But I am still thinking about one unlucky gambler -- Warren Steed Jeffs, who is spending this night just a couple blocks awway on one of the many floors of the tan-colored cement structure that is the Clark County Detention Center.
I walked by the building this afternoon. The detention center consists of two towers, a 12 story north tower and the 6 story south tower. The sounds -- loud, aggressive noises -- of inmates in the recreation yard of the south tower drifted down to the street, audible above the traffic. A reception clerk explained it to me.
Sometimes, she said, you can even hear the inmates in the north tower banging on the windows from the street.
There was just one news truck outside the detention center and its news crew was doing the same thing I was: trying to get a sense of Jeffs' new, if temporary, home.
I scanned the many windows, but saw no one looking out. No one banging the windows.
Jeffs, I was told, was still being processed and had yet to be taken to any particular floor, though I assume that is not information any one would share even if they actually knew where he was.
Jeffs will have a short journey to the courthouse for Thursday's early morning extradition hearing. The building is just across the street from the detention center.
A few hours later I went to a press conference with Trooper Eddie Dutchover of the Nevada Highway Patrol. One interesting thing he said is that Jeffs had told him he was just in Las Vegas for a day. That didn't jibe with all the luggage stuffed into the rear of the maroon Cadillac Escalade, though.
Did it appear Jeffs had been living out of the car? I asked. Dutchover said it was clear he had been traveling extensively.
Months ago, some sources told me that it was most likely that Jeffs was traveling around in single vehicle, accompanied by one or two loyal followers -- not in the convoys of armed guards described by some.
I was also told he might be donning female clothing at times. The three wigs found in the Escalade seem to support that theory.
One curiosity: Why didn't Warren and Issac have their stories straight? That is the same thing that tripped up Seth Jeffs, his
brother, when he was arrested after a traffic stop in Colorado in October 2005.
2 Comments:
I understand Mr. Jeffs is wanted in Utah for arranging spiritual marriages between underage girls and older men.
Does spiritual marriage involve sex? Is it against the law in Utah to marry an
"older" man,, if so what is the maxium age for men..what is the legal age for a girl to marry in Utah.... DBSR
You have to delve into the convict mentality-they figure they will never get caught so there is not any forethought to "what if they did...". Jeffs was following the norm.
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