PHOENIX (AP) — The trial for a polygamous sect leader charged with kidnapping and evidence tampering in an investigation in his community on the Utah-Arizona state line has been postponed until 2024. Samuel Bateman had previously been scheduled to go…[Continue Reading...]
SALT LAKE CITY — The leader of a polygamist sect stands accused of helping arrange the disappearance of eight girls from Arizona group homes, a couple of months after federal agents raided his homes on the Utah/Arizona border and removed…[Continue Reading...]
Self-proclaimed prophet and polygamist leader Samuel Rappylee Bateman's legal troubles snowballed Thursday as three women charged with kidnapping eight minors were folded into his federal court case and new charges were added. Bateman, who was facing three charges of destruction…[Continue Reading...]
Two of the women tied to northern Arizona polygamist sect leader Samuel Rappylee Bateman will return to federal court for a joint preliminary hearing in Flagstaff on Thursday. Both remain in custody without bond. The FBI has charged Naomi Bistline,…[Continue Reading...]
Depraved prophet Samuel Rappylee Bateman was caught on tape ranting about killing one of his followers in a religious rite – just weeks before he was arrested while transporting three of his underage 'wives' in a box trailer. The chilling…[Continue Reading...]
Handcuffed and looking glum with his belly hanging over his pants, this is the moment pervert cult leader Samuel Rappylee Bateman was arrested in Flagstaff, Arizona, after being caught towing three of his underage 'wives' in a box trailer. Footage…[Continue Reading...]
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. - Two adult wives of polygamist group leader, Samuel Bateman, have appearances in federal magistrate court for status hearings on Tuesday, Dec. 13 in Flagstaff, Arizona. Donnae Barlow and Naomi Bistline face charges of kidnapping, obstruction, and tampering…[Continue Reading...]
Watch this video featuring former cult victim Flora Jessop, an activist helping polygamist children that are sex trafficking victims.[Continue Reading...]
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