Authorities say Samuel Bateman, a self-proclaimed prophet who had taken more than 20 wives, including 10 girls under the age ...

The FBI said Bateman had taken more than 20 wives, including 10 girls under the age of 18. Bateman is accused of giving wives as gifts to his male followers and claiming to do so on orders from ...

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 ...

Bateman — who rose to power among several ... In a plea agreement, he acknowledged that he had spiritually married 20 wives, ...

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 ...

A businessman pleaded guilty Tuesday to conspiring with the leader of an offshoot polygamous sect to transport underage girls across state lines for sexual activity. He was the first man to be ...

Bateman, a self-proclaimed prophet who took more than 20 wives, including 10 girls under age 18, pleaded guilty this month to charges of kidnapping and conspiring to transport underage girls ...

A businessman pleaded guilty Tuesday to conspiring with the leader of an offshoot polygamous sect near the Arizona-Utah border to transport underage girls across state lines, making him the first ...

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 ...

Polygamous Sect Leader Pleads Guilty in Scheme to Orchestrate Sexual Acts Involving Children PHOENIX (AP) — The leader of an offshoot polygamous sect near the Arizona-Utah border has pleaded ...