CEDAR CITY, Utah (ABC4) — On Monday, Feb. 10, a southern Utah man with connections to the FLDS religion was arrested for several sexual crimes. Officials believe more victims may come forward, according to arrest documents. Lehi Rulon Jeffs, 20,…[Continue Reading...]
HILDALE, Utah — The Short Creek communities of Hildale, Utah and Colorado City, Arizona are closer to Zion National Park than I knew. The Smithsonian Butte Scenic Back Country Byway begins just outside of Zion and ends in the town…[Continue Reading...]
Samuel Bateman, a self-declared prophet, was recently sentenced to 50 years in federal prison after acknowledging in a plea agreement that he had spiritually married 20 wives, including 10 underage girls. His intent in marrying the children, he admitted, “was…[Continue Reading...]
The child sex abuse case against Short Creek polygamous sect leader Samuel Bateman, 48, took several unusual turns before it ended Monday in a 50-year prison sentence. Here are five things to know about the investigation. 1. Bateman broke away…[Continue Reading...]
The leader of a polygamous sect claimed to have more than 20 spiritual "wives," including 10 underage girls. He was sentenced to 9 years in prison on Dec. 50 for forcing girls as young as 9 to perform sexual acts…[Continue Reading...]
Polygamous religious leader Samuel Bateman is facing sentencing in the US for a number of sexual abuse charges involving children, including 10 underage girls. Bateman, 48, who claims he has more than 20 spiritual “wives”, is due to be sentenced…[Continue Reading...]
Naomi Bistline was sentenced Monday in a Phoenix federal courtroom in connection with the exploitation of girls by a self-proclaimed leader of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Bistline, 26, pleaded guilty in August to conspiracy to…[Continue Reading...]
After more than two years of separation, a mother is finally reunited with her three children in Utah. Authorities successfully recovered the children, originally from American Fork, Utah, in a small town about four hours away on the Arizona border…[Continue Reading...]
A woman who is on trial for the murder of her 13-month-old daughter sobbed in a Georgia courtroom as her own mother testified in the case Monday. Chloe Alexis Driver, 24, cried and wiped tears off her face when her…[Continue Reading...]
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...]
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