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Coconino County
Coverage of Coconino County in the Nexus archive.
- Polygamous sect leader convicted on state charges after girls found in unventilated trailer
Samuel Bateman, a polygamous sect leader serving a federal sentence for child sex abuse, was convicted in Arizona on three counts of child abuse after police found three girls locked in an unventilated trailer during a 2022 traffic stop. Prosecutors argued he endangered the girls by transporting them in a cargo trailer without ventilation during hot weather.