FLDS sect leader Samuel Bateman sentenced to 50 years in child sex case
Polygamist prophet Samuel Bateman, based in Colorado City near the Arizona-Utah border, admitted to persuading children to engage in sexual activity.
Religious ‘prophet’ had 10 child ‘brides’ and forced girls into sex acts, feds say
A self-proclaimed religious “prophet” declared 20 women and children as his “wives” while leading a yearslong sexual abuse ...
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How a Colorado City woman helped police bust polygamist leader Samuel Bateman
The arrest and conviction of polygamist leader Samuel Bateman was the culmination of undercover work by a woman who has become an advocate for people in fundamentalist communities.
Victim who was 'given to' Samuel Bateman when she was 14 says she was stripped of her identity, family relationships
"The defendant’s crimes... impacted an entire community and tore numerous families apart," federal officials said in a court ...
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Arizona woman sentenced in FLDS child exploitation case
Bistline, 26, pleaded guilty in August to conspiracy to tamper with an official proceeding, months after Samuel Bateman, of Colorado City, a town on the Utah border, pleaded guilty to conspiracy ...
A Utah couple infiltrated a new polygamous sect and helped put its abusive leader behind bars. Read Part 1.
Polygamous leader Samuel Bateman thought a Utah couple was filming him and his followers for a documentary. But they were ...