Sentencing set for polygamous leader convicted of abuse after girls found in trailer
A polygamous sect leader already serving a 50-year federal prison sentence for orchestrating sex involving children is scheduled to be sentenced on separate state convictions
Polygamous sect leader Samuel Bateman, already serving a 50-year federal prison sentence for orchestrating sex involving children, is set to be sentenced on Tuesday for separate state convictions. Bateman, 50, was convicted of three child abuse counts after his girls were found in an unventilated trailer in northern Arizona in August 2022.
The trailer, which lacked air conditioning and seat belts, had a makeshift toilet, sofa, and camping chairs. Each count carries a mandatory sentence of four to eight years, with the judge having discretion to run them consecutively or concurrently.
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