Arizona polygamous sect leader goes on trial in 2024
Samuel Bateman, an Arizona polygamous sect leader charged with kidnapping and evidence tampering, will not go to trial until 2024.
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Samuel Bateman, an Arizona polygamous sect leader charged with kidnapping and evidence tampering, will not go to trial until 2024.
The trial for an an alleged polygamist in Arizona, over kidnapping and tampering with evidence charges, was pushed back to March to allow his attorney more time to prepare.
Samuel Rappylee Bateman pleaded not guilty this week to federal kidnapping and tampering with evidence. He was first jailed in August. Authorities found three underage girls locked inside a trailer.
Sam Bateman’s case is the most recent example of law enforcement taking action against abuse in the sister cities of Colorado City, Arizona, and Hildale, Utah of FLDS.
The leader of a small polygamous group on the Arizona-Utah border helped orchestrate the escape of eight girls he considered his "wives" from foster care, prosecutors alleged.