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

Headline from East Idaho News

PHOENIX (AP) — 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.

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  1. Bangor Daily News

    Sentencing set for polygamous leader convicted of abuse in Arizona after girls discovered in trailer (opens Bangor Daily News)

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    FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — 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.

  2. Philadelphia Inquirer

    Polygamous sect leader sentenced to 24 additional years in prison for hauling girls in unventilated trailer in Arizona (opens Philadelphia Inquirer)

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    Polygamous sect leader sentenced to 24 additional years in prison for hauling girls in unventilated trailer in Arizona

  3. Philadelphia Inquirer

    Polygamous sect leader gets 24-year sentence in Arizona for hauling girls in unventilated trailer (opens Philadelphia Inquirer)

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    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

  4. East Idaho News

    Polygamous sect leader gets 24 years in prison for child abuse after girls found in trailer (opens East Idaho News)

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    PHOENIX (AP) — 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.

  5. The Guardian

    Polygamous sect leader serving 50 years for child sex abuse gets another 24 years (opens The Guardian)

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    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 c…

  6. Fox10 Phoenix

    Samuel Bateman: Polygamous sect leader sentenced for Arizona child abuse charges (opens Fox10 Phoenix)

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    A polygamous sect leader already given a five-decade federal sentence has been sentenced again on state charges in Arizona. Samuel Bateman, 50, received 24 years behind bars on Aug. 26 after being convicted of child abuse for smuggling three young girls in a hot, unventilated trailer through Flagsta…

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