Federal investigators allege in newly released court documents that a man who led a small polygamous group in Arizona reportedly had more than 20 wives, some of whom were minors, including one that was allegedly his teenage daughter.
According to an FBI affidavit obtained by The Washington Post and the Associated Press, Samuel Bateman, who led an offshoot sect of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints , is accused of taking some of his male followers' wives or daughters as his own.
Bateman was arrested in August near Flagstaff for reportedly towing a box trailer with girls riding unsecured inside, The Tribune and The Post reported. He was initially released, but was later arrested for tampering charges after he allegedly asked his followers to delete his Signal account while he was in jail, The Tribune and The Post reported.
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