Arizona

Leader Of Polygamist Group Facing Federal Charges For Trafficking Young Girls

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Several weeks after being stopped on the highway with young girls in an enclosed trailer, the leader of a small polygamous group near the Arizona-Utah border pleaded not guilty to federal charges of tampering with evidence. Three counts of destroying or attempting to destroy records were filed against Samuel Bateman earlier this month, along with tampering with criminal proceedings. In Flagstaff, a mountain city where a state police agency arrested him in late August after …

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Plane Crashes Into Lake Powell Killing Two and Injuring Five

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A tour plane carrying six French tourists and a pilot crashed into Lake Powell in Utah Saturday, killing two people and injuring five others, officials said. Witnesses called the National Park Service Dispatch to report the crash around 5:20 p.m., the Kane County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement Monday. The pilot of the tour plane out of Page, Arizona, reported an engine issue before the crash, according to the sheriff’s office. The pilot and people nearby …

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