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 ...

Bateman — who rose to power among several ... In a plea agreement, he acknowledged that he had spiritually married 20 wives, including 10 underage girls. His intent in marrying the girls ...

Torrance Bistline, a member of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and a follower of its former ...

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 ...

Authorities say Bateman, a self-proclaimed prophet who had taken more than 20 wives, including 10 girls under the age of 18, created a sprawling network spanning at least four states as he tried ...

PHOENIX — 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 ...

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 ...

The leader of a polygamous group near the Arizona-Utah border pleaded guilty Monday to transporting young girls across state lines for sex and other crimes. Samuel Bateman, the founder of a ...

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 ...

Two more of Bateman’s wives, Brenda Barlow and Leia Bistline ... will change their pleas before the September 20 trial. Sign up for new weekly newsletter Closing Arguments to get the latest about ...

Authorities say Bateman, a self-proclaimed prophet who had taken more than 20 wives, including 10 girls under the age of 18, created a sprawling network spanning at least four states as he tried ...

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 ...