FLDS sect leader pleads not guilty on tampering charges; young girls removed during Colorado City raid

ST. GEORGE — The leader of a sect of the polygamous Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints based in Colorado City, Arizona, made an appearance in federal court Thursday following his arrest on tampering and destruction of evidence charges. The arrest of Samuel Rappylee Bateman, 46, of Colorado City, came weeks before, […]