JEFFERSON COUNTY - You heard it first on 3 when we broke the story on the neglected dogs in Jefferson County.

In a move to clear his name of grand theft charges, Troy Jackson has returned all the puppies to the Sheriff's Office, right before his arraignment.

Troy Jackson, the Boise man who drove up to Jefferson County to get medical treatment for a nursing mutt as well as her puppies, made a grand gesture this morning by delivering the very puppies he's been charged with stealing, to the Sheriff's Office.

"Troy why did you decide to take all the puppies back instead of just the two?" I asked.

"As sad as it may seem to everyone, because this thing has REALLY gotten big... Is me following through with what I said I was going to do from the start," said Jackson.

The court proceedings are moving forward for Jackson, who stood before a judge with his lawyer.

"My opinion is that it's poorly charged, there's not even an (ounce) of evidence to support a grand theft charge... There needs to be some intent to permanently deprive the owner of the property, there was never that intent in this case. And I don't think the state will ever be able to establish that," said Kelly Kumm, Jackson's lawyer.

Petitions to charge Raul Torres, the owner of these dogs, with animal cruelty, and to drop charges on Jackson and Elliott are currently circulating.

"We're taking it to the next level... We're writing to Governor Otter, asking him to get involved. We've been told that Sheriff Olsen doesn't have a boss," said Jana Beyerlin, who organized the commissioners meeting earlier this month.)

Even neighbors are shocked the Sheriff didn't press charges on Torres.

"I believe he should have been charged, he didn't take care of the dog for days after it got hit by the car," said Karen Stoddart.

I've attempted multiple times to get an on camera interview with Sheriff Blair Olsen to no avail. The same goes for Jackson.

"Is the sheriff here?" asked Jackson.

"He is in meetings right now."

"You know the thing that frustrates me the most? When they talk about investigating? I don't feel like anyone actually did that. If they had, they'd have known there was an eyewitness in the car when I went up to the door, if they had they would have called me and talked to me about it... Felony charges are very very serious, 14 years in prison hanging over my head!" exclaimed Jackson.

The Sheriff has repeatedly insisted there was no need to help even the nursing mother.

"Or as he said, was somewhat mobile? Point and fact, she had broken bones and needed attention, didn't get it, the first person that tried Andi Elliott gets sited for trespassing." said Jackson.

Andi Elliott works with the Upper Valley Humane Society.

"I"m reading in the paper this morning, the dog owner said he was lied to, that he was told that the puppies and dog would be taken to a local vet. I think there has been a miscommunication here, because when Raul Torres called my house. I told him I would take them to my vet in Rexburg, which was Cedar Ridge Hospital. And they keep saying Troy told him that, but it was me," said Andi Elliott, who has been charged with Trespassing for her involvement in rescuing the dogs.

And while Torres calls Jackson a liar in the Post Register Newspaper, Jackson thinks it's the other way around.

"The owner says, 'I tried to take the dogs to the vet on the weekend, but they were closed.' Well there isn't a veterinarian in the country that closes over the weekend," said Jackson.

The future of these puppies is still undetermined, but as of this morning, they remained at the Sheriff's Office.