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A child’s hand, dangling from the rear of a box-trailer on I-40, prompted a routine traffic stop by Arizona Department of Public Safety officers last year. Little did officers know
A federal grand jury last week issued a superseding indictment against 47-year-old Samuel Bateman.
Samuel Rappylee Bateman of Colorado City, Arizona, was already facing a trial for kidnapping and evidence tampering in an investigation into his community.
The indictment of Josephine Barlow Bistline marks the fourth woman associated with self-declared prophet Samuel Bateman to face federal charges. Three of Bateman’s wives were previously charged with kidnapping and impeding a foreseeable prosecution after eight girls associated with the sect fled from foster care.
COLORADO CITY, Arizona (KSL.com) — A polygamous leader from Colorado City currently facing federal charges for the alleged kidnaping of eight underage girls will have his communications restricted while in custody after being accused of not only trying to obstruct justice while using jail phones, but was also engaging in sexually explicit conversations with underage […]