Tag: polygamist cult leader

U.S. attorney recommends 50-year sentence for former polygamist sect leader who kept ‘child brides’

Published December 5, 2024 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Arizona, criminal conviction, polygamist cult leader, Samuel Bateman, sentencing

Polygamous self-proclaimed "prophet" Samuel Bateman rose to power in a fundamentalist group after the original leader, Warren Jeffs, was imprisoned. Watch video[Continue Reading...]

Victim who was ‘given to’ Samuel Bateman when she was 14 says she was stripped of her identity, family relationships

Published December 5, 2024 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Arizona, child abuse, polygamist cult leader, Samuel Bateman, sexual abuse

Polygamous self-proclaimed "prophet" Samuel Bateman rose to power in a fundamentalist group after the original leader, Warren Jeffs, was imprisoned. Bateman was installed as the "prophet" after Jeffs issued an edict voiding existing marriages and prohibiting new ones until he…[Continue Reading...]

Polygamous sect leader pleads guilty in scheme to orchestrate sexual acts involving children

Published April 2, 2024 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Arizona, child abuse, criminal charges, guilty plea, polygamist cult leader, Samuel Bateman, sexual abuse

Polygamous sect leader pleads guilty in scheme to orchestrate sexual acts involving children, watch video report.[Continue Reading...]

Polygamist leader offered plea deal in child sexual exploitation case

Published March 28, 2024 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Arizona, criminal charges, plea deal, polygamist cult leader, Samuel Bateman

PHOENIX — Less than two years after his arrest outside of Flagstaff, the polygamist leader Samuel Bateman is expected to take a plea deal in federal court on April 1. New records filed in court on Wednesday show that Bateman…[Continue Reading...]

Cult expert Rick Alan Ross appears on Law & Crime to discuss polygamist cults

Published March 22, 2024 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Arizona, criminal charges, polygamist cult leader, Samuel Bateman

Follow this link to watch the online video report with latest information about polygamist cult leader Samuel Bateman.[Continue Reading...]

Harrowing video shows moment young girls rescued from Utah doomsday cult

Published March 17, 2024 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged minor children, police rescue, polygamist cult leader, Samuel Bateman

found two young girls hidden inside barrels by a Doomsday cult The video, uploaded by the YouTube channel ‘Explore With Us,’ showed the disturbing moment that police discovered the two youngsters inside the barrels back in 2017. The Iron County…[Continue Reading...]

Daughters of the Cult: Who Was Polygamous Cult Leader Ervil Morrell LeBaron?

Published January 9, 2024 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Church of the Lamb of God, Erivil LeBaron, murders, polygamist cult leader

Ervil Morrell LeBaron was responsible for the deaths of at least 20 people but allegedly never actually pulled any triggers himself. The son of a Mormon polygamist church founder, Ervil became the leader of the polygamist Church of the Lamb…[Continue Reading...]

2024 trial set for polygamous sect leader in Arizona

Published March 2, 2023 By admin with Comments 1

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Arizona, criminal charges, polygamist cult leader, Polygamists, Samuel Bateman

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...]

2024 trial set for polygamous sect leader in Arizona

Published February 25, 2023 By admin with Comments 1

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Arizona, criminal charges, polygamist cult leader, Samuel Bateman, trial date

EXCLUSIVE: Bodycam footage shows moment polygamist cult leader Samuel Rappylee Bateman was arrested after he was caught towing three underage girls in a squalid trailer with makeshift seats and a porta potty behind his GMC Denali pickup

Published December 13, 2022 By admin with Comments 1

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Arizona, criminal charges, polygamist cult leader, Samuel Bateman

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...]