Polygamous sect leader gets 24 years in prison for child abuse after girls found in trailer

Bateman’s small group was an offshoot of the polygamous sect once led by Warren Jeffs.

Polygamous sect leader gets 24 years in prison for child abuse after girls found in trailer  AP News

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 hauli

A polygamous sect leader already serving a 50-year federal sentence for orchestrating sex involving children has been given another 24 years in prison on separate state convictions for child abuse involving hauling girls in an unventilated trailer

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.

He was one of the trusted followers of Warren Jeffs, who is serving a life sentence in Texas for sexual assault of children

A polygamous sect leader already serving a 50-year federal prison 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.

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