The leader of a small polygamous group on the Arizona-Utah border helped orchestrate the escape of eight girls he considered his 'wives' from foster care, prosecutors alleged.
The leader of a small polygamous group on the Arizona-Utah border helped orchestrate the escape of eight girls he considered his wives from a group home where they were placed after authorities learned of what was happening, prosecutors alleged in a Wednesday court filing.
On one of the calls, Bateman asked the women, who typically reside in Arizona, if they were in "our state," according to prosecutors. They responded that they were not. On another, one of his wives reassured him, "we are helping you." On a third, they discussed changing vehicles. Law enforcement was pursuing them at the time.
The offshoot group, known by its acronym FLDS, garnered nationwide attention more than a decade ago when federal authorities pursued charges against its leader,Bateman is a former member of The Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who started his own breakaway group several years ago, after Jeffs was sent to prison.
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