Overview
- Federal prosecutors say Lauren Kelsey Morrow and Jennifer Joma used a court database to find non‑citizens and helped them exit the Logan Justice Court through a maintenance door on April 9, 2026.
- A grand jury returned an indictment filed June 3 that was unsealed this week charging both women with obstruction, harboring and conspiracy to transport and harbor illegal aliens, and adding a separate transporting count against Joma.
- The U.S. Attorney’s Office cited courthouse surveillance video that it says shows the women assisting people, returning to the clerk area, and making gestures on camera.
- Both women resigned from the court, were arrested and booked into Salt Lake County Jail this week, face federal arraignment and have release conditions that include surrendering their passports.
- Family statements and a GoFundMe describe the actions as possibly motivated by compassion, and lawyers and officials say the case highlights how misuse of court access and local resistance to ICE can trigger federal prosecution under harboring and obstruction laws.