WingsOverTX
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BB is now scheduled for trial 6/23 - 6/24/22 under case #171100538, charged in 2017, which has a public calendar update.This appears to be in relation to a charge of "tampering with a witness" dated 10/13/2017 so it would be unrelated to Madelyn. That charge is referred to in the article
Kidnapped Utah teen Madelyn Allen thanks the public for their support as the man accused of kidnapping her appears in court
On Monday a judge postponed Brent Brown's preliminary hearing after his attorney requested more time to gather discovery.www.insider.com
So from what I can gather prosecution is using that current felony charge to keep him in custody related to the kidnapping charge until its trial date in June, the results of which they will at that time use to support harsher charges related to Madelyn. I'm not sure what he did in 2017 but he would be in a lot less trouble now if he hadn't done it (or if he'd been a little more careful while having an outstanding felony charge against him). It seems a little weird to me that the courts would just let a felony charge float around in the ether like that since 2017 - I wouldn't have even thought it would be allowed to go long enough for the pandemic to interfere with it but maybe that's how it goes in Utah, that some cases are just allowed continuance indefinitely with the implication that the accused not get into any additional legal trouble and what we're seeing now is the process that happens if they do.
MA's case number is 211600020 for future reference.