A Tribune photographer was on the scene as the FBI searched homes for evidence of underage marriages in a historically polygamist community on the Utah-Arizona boarder. See photos and videos of how the community responded here.
Early Tuesday in Colorado City, agents surrounded a home with their guns drawn as one yelled through a megaphone, “This is the FBI!”
Bateman was charged last month with child abuse after authorities discovered three young girls inside a locked cargo trailer he was pulling near Flagstaff on Aug. 28. In a three-count Arizona indictment unsealed Wednesday, he was charged with destroying evidence on the same day he was pulled over. An official with the Arizona Department of Child Safety declined to comment Wednesday, citing confidentiality laws.
“Samuel is the most precious and dear thing in my life,” another wrote. A third wrote: “Samuel is every good quality that I want to be.”Bateman was stopped by police near Flagstaff on Aug. 28 around noon after someone called police to report a suspicious vehicle pulling a box trailer full of people, including children.
Bateman was charged days later with three counts of child abuse, according to court records. He has pleaded not guilty to the charges. The warrant sought computers, “lingerie style underwear that could be worn by minors,” and any evidence that sources of income were used to facilitate travel for underage marriage or sexual relationships.
Women who live in the two homes the FBI was searching gathered and waited at the nearby home of a woman who gives refuge to people connected to fundamentalist groups.
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