A polygamist religious leader who claimed more than 20 spiritual “wives" including 10 underage girls was sentenced to 50 years in prison on Monday for coercing girls as young as 9 years old to ...

Samuel Rappylee Bateman was sentenced to 50 years in prison for conspiracy to transport a minor for sex and conspiracy to commit kidnapping. According to an FBI affidavit, Bateman had more than 20 ...

WARNING: Some audiences may find details in this story disturbing. Reader discretion is advised. PHOENIX (AP) — A polygamist religious leader who claimed more than 20 spiritual “wives ...

PHOENIX - The leader of a polygamist sect run near the Arizona and Utah borders was sentenced to decades in prison on Dec. 9. The judge handed down the 50-year sentence late Monday afternoon, per ...