Two years after his arrest, Samuel Rappylee Bateman, a polygamist sect leader who prosecutors said orchestrated the exploitation of girls, was sentenced in federal court on Monday to 50 years in ...

Moretta Johnson, 21, was a minor when cult leader Samuel Bateman took her as a "wife." Bateman was sentenced to 50 years in December. Johnson's attorney argued she should have been treated as a ...

Two of the women tied to northern Arizona polygamist sect leader Samuel Rappylee Bateman will return to federal court for a joint preliminary hearing in Flagstaff on Thursday. Both remain in ...

Moretta Johnson, 21, was among the 22 "wives," including 10 minors, of Samuel Bateman, a self-professed Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints prophet. In December, Bateman was ...

Moretta Johnson, 21, was among the 22 "wives," including 10 minors, of Samuel Bateman, a self-professed Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints prophet. In December, Bateman was ...