Sentencing set for polygamous leader convicted of abuse after girls found in trailer0

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• August 25, 2026

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — A polygamous sect leader already serving a 50-year federal prison sentence for orchestrating sex involving children is scheduled to be sentenced Tuesday on separate state convictions for hauling girls through a community in northern Arizona in an unventilated trailer. Samuel Bateman, 50, was convicted of three child abuse counts stemming from an