Part 2
The Arizona Attorney General’s office did not provide additional details, but said it will hold a news conference Wednesday . A release from the Utah Attorney General's Office says Petersen was arrested in California . The Utah AG said it is charging Petersen with human smuggling, sale of a child and communications fraud.
According to Arizona court documents, Petersen—an adoption lawyer licensed in Utah and Arizona—and Lynwood Jennet helped pregnant women travel from the Republic of the Marshall Islands in the central Pacific Ocean to Az.to give up their children for adoption.
The court documents say the women returned directly to the Marshall Islands in several instances.