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Wasatch County cannot remove indicted sheriff who remains on the job

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Sheriff Jared Rigby, indicted by a state grand jury on an obstruction of justice charge linked to the Kouri Richins case, remains in office, and Wasatch County leaders cannot force him to leave before his term ends on New Year’s Eve. “We don’t have that authority,” said Erik Rowland, chair of the county council.

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