PHOENIX — A federal jury in Phoenix has convicted two brothers of participating in the abuse of children connected to Samuel Bateman, the self-proclaimed leader of a polygamous sect near the Arizona-Utah border. LaDell J. Bistline, Jr., 45 and Torrance…[Continue Reading...]
COLORADO CITY, AZ (AZFamily/AP) — Two Colorado City men who are followers of the polygamous FLDS sect have been convicted of multiple charges after a years-long conspiracy involving child sex abuse that prosecutors say spanned multiple states and victimized nearly…[Continue Reading...]
High-ranking members of a cult were convicted in a Kansas federal court on Monday for forcing dozens of people, including minors as young as 8, to work for up to 16 hours a day in factories and other businesses, prosecutors…[Continue Reading...]
A Kansas jury found six former members of a nationwide cult guilty Monday of forced labor and conspiracy to commit forced labor, federal authorities said. Kaaba Majeed, 50; Yunus Rassoul, 39; James Staton, 62; Randolph Rodney Hadley, 49; Daniel Aubrey…[Continue Reading...]
A neo-Nazi who amassed a huge weapons stash at his home in Falkirk has been found guilty of a number of crimes, including planning to commit an act of terrorism. Alan Edward, 54, was arrested in September 22 when police…[Continue Reading...]
A Covid conspiracy theorist who called for the overthrow of the government and violence against nurses and teachers over the rollout of the vaccination is facing jail after being convicted of terrorism. Patrick Ruane, 55, weaponised the social media app…[Continue Reading...]
A 29-year-old man, Tobiloba Ogunbo, is to spend the next seven years in a correctional centre for being a member of a secret cult. Ogunbo was convicted and sentenced by an Ogun Special Cultism Court in Abeokuta on Friday. The…[Continue Reading...]
Three Arizona women were sentenced to a total of seven years in prison Wednesday for obstructing an investigation into child sex abuse among members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Brenda Barlow, Marona Johnson and…[Continue Reading...]
Members of an "anti-establishment cult" who stormed into a court with handcuffs have been found guilty of trying to kidnap a coroner. Mark Christopher, 59, Matthew Martin, 47, Shiza Harper, 45, and Sean Harper, 38, wanted to "shut down" Essex…[Continue Reading...]
Over the decades, juries at the imposing crown court in Winchester, Hampshire, have heard all kinds of extraordinary stories. Few can have been quite as strange as the twisty tale of Hongchi Xiao, a Chinese-born banker turned “master” of alternative…[Continue Reading...]
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