Colorado City

The 48-year-old self-proclaimed prophet of a polygamist sect claimed to have more than 20 “spiritual" wives, including 10 underage girls.

Members of a small Colorado City polygamous group accused of child sex abuse of underage girls who the group’s leader claimed as brides are expected to appear in federal court on Friday.

A federal grand jury has indicted the leader of a Colorado City polygamous sect as well as 10 followers for allegedly engaging in a years-long conspiracy to travel across state lines to amass new wives, some of which were minor girls.

A woman believed to be one of the 20 wives of a polygamous sect leader jailed in Arizona faces charges for allegedly sending threatening emails to child welfare workers in a bid to get her two daughters released from state foster care.

Samuel Bateman had previously been scheduled to go to trial next month, but a judge granted the postponement Friday after prosecutors said they expect more charges to be filed in the case within the next three months

A polygamous leader from a community on the Utah-Arizona border pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to federal charges of kidnapping, and tampering with and destroying evidence.

Prosecutors allege that 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.

The leader of a small polygamous group near the Arizona-Utah border had taken at least 20 wives and punished followers who didn't treat him as a prophet.

A Colorado City man is facing federal charges that he tampered with evidence after he was arrested on a Flagstaff highway with young girls in an enclosed trailer.

The remote northern Arizona town of Colorado City where a polygamist group used to be dominant is now the focus of a project by Mohave County officials to address the long-isolated community’s health needs.