Polygamous sect leader serving 50 years for child sex abuse gets another 24 years
Samuel Bateman, 50, is convicted of three state child abuse counts after previous conviction on federal counts A polygamous sect leader already serving a 50-year federal sentence for orchestrating sex involving children was given another 24 years in prison Tuesday on separate state convictions for child abuse for hauling girls in an unventilated trailer in Arizona. Samuel Bateman, 50, was…
Samuel Bateman, a 50-year-old leader of a polygamous sect, has been sentenced to an additional 24 years in prison for three state child abuse convictions related to the sexual exploitation of children. This comes after a previous federal conviction for orchestrating similar acts involving minors. On August 2022, Bateman was arrested in Flagstaff, Arizona, when a traffic stop led to the discovery of three girls, aged between 11 and 14, inside a trailer that lacked basic amenities such as air conditioning, seat belts, and a proper toilet.
The trailer had been tipped off to authorities by a passerby who noticed small fingers reaching through gaps in the doors.
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