PHOENIX (CN) — Two witnesses in a federal trial against men accused of aiding and participating in a religious child sex abuse ring confirmed Wednesday that one defendant watched sex acts with minors via video chat while he was completely…[Continue Reading...]
The mother of two underage girls married to religious leader Samuel Rappylee Bateman testified Wednesday in the trial of two Arizona men accused of aiding and participating in Bateman’s child sex abuse ring. Julia Johnson, a former member of the…[Continue Reading...]
PHOENIX (CN) — Federal prosecutors Tuesday began presenting their case on the first day of the trial against two Arizona men accused of aiding and participating in a child sex abuse ring involving 10 girls as young as nine years…[Continue Reading...]
FLAGSTAFF, AZ (AZFamily) — An extensive witness list for the upcoming Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints polygamy trial has been released and it includes the infamous self-proclaimed prophet Warren Jeffs. Jeffs is imprisoned for life in Texas…[Continue Reading...]
PHOENIX (AP) — A guilty plea by the leader of an offshoot polygamous sect near the Arizona-Utah border is at risk of being thrown out due to an unmet condition of his deal that hinged on whether others charged in…[Continue Reading...]
PHOENIX (AP) — The leader of an offshoot polygamous sect near the Arizona-Utah border has pleaded guilty to conspiring to transport underage girls across state lines in what authorities say was a scheme to orchestrate sexual acts involving children. Samuel…[Continue Reading...]
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...]
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...]
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