51 felonies: Polygamist leader Samuel Bateman now charged ...
2023年5月25日 · Months after a federal raid of his compound, the leader of a polygamous splinter group on the Utah-Arizona border has now been charged with 51 felonies — including, for the first time, counts...
FLDS leader Samuel Bateman sentenced in AZ child exploitation ...
2024年12月9日 · FLDS sect leader Samuel Bateman sentenced to 50 years in child sex case. Miguel Torres. Arizona Republic. ... She then addressed Bateman directly. “Sam, you have no power over me," she said ...
Samuel Bateman: Polygamous leader pleads guilty and admits to ...
2024年4月2日 · Members of a new offshoot of the polygamous Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints have started taking plea deals in federal court and admitting their roles in providing child...
Polygamous sect leader pleads guilty in scheme to orchestrate ...
2024年4月2日 · Bateman was arrested in August 2022 by Arizona state police in Flagstaff after someone spotted small fingers in a door gap on an enclosed trailer. Authorities found three girls — between the ages of 11 and 14 — in the trailer, which had a makeshift toilet, a sofa, camping chairs and no ventilation.
Polygamous prophet: How FLDS-offshoot leader Samuel Bateman ...
2024年12月9日 · FLDS leadership rebuked Bateman in 2020, issuing a revelation confirming that Jeffs was still alive in prison and was the sole prophet — calling Bateman and his followers “gross and wicked men.”
Samuel Bateman gets 50 years in prison after admitting he ...
Bateman was raised as a member of the FLDS faith in Short Creek, the community in Hildale, Utah, and Colorado City, Arizona, where the polygamous sect was historically based. He, like other...
Polygamist leader faces sentencing for crimes against children
2024年12月9日 · Religious sect leader Samuel Bateman, 48, started an offshoot of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (FLDS) and used his role to coerce girls as young as nine to commit...
Religious Leader with More Than 20 Spiritual 'Wives,' Many ...
2024年12月10日 · Bateman's offshoot FLDS, which still used the same name, was built on the Arizona-Utah line in the communities of Colorado City, AZ and Hildale, UT. ... "Sam, you have no power over me. I hope you ...
District of Arizona | Colorado City Man and 10 Members of ...
2023年5月24日 · PHOENIX, Ariz. – Samuel Rappylee Bateman, 47, of Colorado City, Arizona, along with 10 of his followers, were indicted on May 18, 2023, by a federal grand jury on charges relating to a years-long conspiracy to travel across state lines in order to amass “wives” for Bateman, including minor girls.
Polygamous leader Samuel Bateman had 20 wives, many of them ...
2022年12月7日 · Samuel Bateman was a former member of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, or FLDS, until he left to start his own small offshoot group. He was supported financially...