CrimePolygamous sect leader Samuel Bateman sentenced to 24 years for hauling girls in trailer
Samuel Bateman, a polygamous sect leader, was sentenced to 24 years in prison Tuesday on Arizona state child abuse convictions for transporting three girls, ages 11 to 14, in an unventilated trailer during a 2022 traffic stop in Flagstaff, according to multiple outlets including ABC4 Utah and KUTV.
Bateman, 50, is already serving a 50-year federal sentence for orchestrating sex involving children. The new sentence stems from three separate child abuse counts. Bateman led a small fundamentalist group not affiliated with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
August 26, 2026 at 12:05 PM MT · via ABC4 Utah · 13 sources