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...]
PHOENIX (CN) — A sixth spiritual wife of an Arizona religious leader who sexually abused 10 underage girls in the name of God was sentenced to prison Wednesday afternoon. Leilani Barlow, who admitted to marrying her underage daughter off to…[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...]
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...]
PHOENIX (CN) — The prosecution in a federal trial against two Arizona men accused of aiding and abetting a child sex abuse ring within a fundamentalist Mormon sect rested its case Thursday afternoon, closing with a witness who says she…[Continue Reading...]
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...]
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