Samuel Bateman

Samuel Bateman, leader of a polygamous sect, was convicted of state child abuse charges in Arizona following an incident in 2022 where three girls were found in a trailer with poor ventilation. He is already serving a 50-year federal sentence for coercing girls into sex acts and plotting kidnaps.

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.

Samuel Bateman, a polygamous sect leader, was convicted of abuse charges after police found three girls aged 11 to 14 in his vehicle on a highway in Flagstaff. The incident occurred when authorities stopped his vehicle during a drive through the area.

Samuel Bateman, a polygamous sect leader, was convicted of three counts of child abuse after three girls aged 11 to 14 were found in an unventilated trailer he was hauling through Arizona in August 2022. Bateman, who was already serving a federal sentence for orchestrating child sex acts, claimed during the trial that he believed the girls had exited the trailer when they stopped, but prosecutors argued the conditions were dangerously unsafe.

A polygamous sect leader was convicted of state child abuse charges after three girls aged 11 to 14 were found in an unventilated trailer he was hauling through Arizona. He is already serving a 50-year federal sentence for orchestrating sex acts with children and other crimes.

Samuel Bateman, a polygamous sect leader, was convicted of state child abuse charges after three girls aged 11 to 14 were found in an unventilated trailer he was hauling through Arizona. Bateman is already serving a 50-year federal prison sentence for orchestrating child sexual abuse.

A polygamous sect leader, Samuel Bateman, was convicted of state child abuse charges after three girls aged 11-14 were found in an unventilated trailer in Arizona. Bateman is already serving a 50-year federal sentence for orchestrating child sexual abuse.

A polygamous sect leader was convicted of state child abuse charges after three girls were found in an unventilated trailer he was hauling through Arizona. He was already serving a federal prison sentence for orchestrating sex acts with children and kidnapping girls from protective custody.