Eight underage ladies who have been rescued from an Arizona polygamist cult chief by youngster welfare officers ran away from their group houses and hid in a Washington state Airbnb, in keeping with a report.
The eight and one further lady had been taken from the houses of Samuel Bateman — the chief of a small offshoot of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints — and positioned within the group houses underneath the custody of the Arizona Division of Little one Security in September.
Final Sunday, nevertheless, the eight ladies, who vary in age from 11 to 16, went lacking from the houses exterior Phoenix, the Salt Lake Tribune reported.
They have been discovered 4 days later at a Airbnb in Spokane, Washington with a Bateman follower named Moretta Rose Johnson, 19, who has since been accused of kidnapping, in keeping with a federal criticism obtained by the paper. Johnson reportedly married Bateman when she was underage, in keeping with KXLY.
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All 9 youngsters have been faraway from Bateman’s houses on Sept. 14.AP/ Trent Nelson
A 24-year-old girl was additionally arrested in Colorado Metropolis, Arizona, in relation to the lacking ladies. She was booked into the Mohave County jail on suspicion of kidnapping, obstructing a felony investigation, resisting arrest and tampering with a witness, the outlet reported.
FBI brokers had traced a bank card linked to a enterprise of certainly one of Bateman’s followers to the reservation on the Airbnb rental website, the court docket paperwork state.
The ladies have been thought-about runaways, in keeping with the Tribune.
All 9 youngsters and teenagers have been faraway from Bateman’s houses on Sept. 14 when the FBI searched his properties on the lookout for proof that he had underage wives or engaged in intercourse acts with minors, in keeping with a FBI affidavit.
Bateman faces accusations of incest, group intercourse acts involving adults and kids and youngster intercourse trafficking.Coconino County Sheriffs Workplace
Bateman, 46, has been accused of wedding ceremony greater than 20 ladies, most underneath the age of 15 — reportedly together with his personal daughter.
Bateman allegedly made sexual advances in direction of his personal daughter, first bribing her with two baggage of Doritos and $50 and saying “if his emotions have been proper he would do what a boy does to make [her] have a child,” KXYLY reported.
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Whereas he hasn’t been charged with sexual abuse or different associated crimes, the affidavit claims the FBI has possible trigger to imagine he and others transported minors between Arizona, Utah, Nevada and Nebraska to have interaction in illicit sexual conduct between Could 2020 and November 2021.
Bateman has remained jailed since late August when authorities discovered three younger ladies, between the ages of 11 and 14, locked inside a cargo trailer he was towing close to Flagstaff.
Q: What’s your relationship like with Kyler Murray and what do you think of the job he’s done?
A: “Right when we met, we became bros. Nothing but respect and support toward him. He was a leader on our team, a great quarterback and made plays. I just feel like mentally he fought through some stuff – the injury thing, got through it – and now he’s back to doing the things that he does. I love that he came back and is doing his thing because that shows a lot about him – where his head’s at, where his heart’s at.”
Q: Is there a ‘Murray Moment’ that’s top of mind?
A: “He got out of a crazy [situation], literally, he was about to get sacked – game over – and he just threw a Hail Mary, and D-Hop (DeAndre Hopkins) caught it. I’ll never forget that game just because that Hail Mary was probably one of the best I’ve been a part of; we won the game (against Buffalo, 32-30) and that year we were on a roll. … I’ll never forget [playing against him in practice], too, because as a DB you’ve got to run across the whole field, you’ve got to stay in coverage. That’s one thing I’ll never forget; he’s one of those quarterbacks that’s mobile and always out there trying to make plays. He was doing whatever at practice, he was going right, left, throwing it deep, it didn’t matter, he kept us on our toes.”
Northern Arizona Lumberjacks (5-2) at Houston Christian Huskies (2-4)
Houston; Wednesday, 8 p.m. EST
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BOTTOM LINE: Northern Arizona takes on Houston Christian after Trenton McLaughlin scored 25 points in Northern Arizona’s 72-68 loss to the Eastern Michigan Eagles.
The Huskies have gone 2-2 at home. Houston Christian gives up 71.0 points and has been outscored by 3.8 points per game.
The Lumberjacks have gone 1-1 away from home. Northern Arizona is 2-0 in games decided by 3 points or fewer.
Houston Christian is shooting 40.2% from the field this season, 0.6 percentage points higher than the 39.6% Northern Arizona allows to opponents. Northern Arizona’s 47.1% shooting percentage from the field this season is 2.1 percentage points lower than Houston Christian has allowed to its opponents (49.2%).
TOP PERFORMERS: Bryson Dawkins is shooting 41.3% and averaging 12.2 points for the Huskies.
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McLaughlin is shooting 43.7% and averaging 22.7 points for the Lumberjacks.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
The lack of respect for the Arizona State football team — and the Big 12 — knows no bounds.
In the latest updated College Football Playoff Rankings, revealed Tuesday night on ESPN, Arizona State (9-2) only moved up to No. 16, well outside of the top 12. They are the top-ranked Big 12 team, with the assumption that they will win the conference.
Ranked directly ahead of Arizona State are three, three-loss SEC teams: No. 15 South Carolina (8-3), No. 14 Ole Miss (8-3) and No. 13 Alabama (8-3). Clemson, who is in second place in the ACC at 9-2, jumped to No. 12, while Boise State (9-1), who beat one of the worst teams in the country 17-13 last week, moved to No. 11.
And then there’s Indiana (10-1). Somehow, after getting blown out 38-15 by Ohio State, the Hoosiers stayed in the hunt at No. 10. Indiana has played one of the softest schedules in the entire country and, going into last weekend, only had one victory over a team above .500.
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With the Big Ten and SEC essentially controlling the new TV contract for the College Football Playoff — each conference will reportedly receive 29% of the upcoming ESPN contract, while the Big 12 will only receive about 15% — it makes sense why they continue to have the most teams ranked in the top 15.
But come on. If the CFP committee is actually watching the games, there’s no way they can rank Indiana or Boise State ahead of Arizona State. Indiana is 51st in ESPN’s strength of schedule rankings, while Boise State is 81st.
Kenny Dillingham’s Sun Devils have won four consecutive games, including two victories over ranked opponents — Kansas State and BYU. They are currently in a four-way tie for first place in the Big 12. If ASU beats rival Arizona on Saturday, they will advance to the Big 12 championship game.
With No. 17 Tulane (9-2) sitting just behind Arizona State, there’s a chance a Big 12 team won’t make the 12-team College Football Playoff. The top five-ranked conference champions get automatic bids, and if Tulane wins the American Athletic Conference championship and finishes 11-2, there’s a chance they could get the fifth automatic bid over the Big 12 champion.
Stay tuned for what promises to be a wild couple of weeks. Here are the latest College Football Playoff Rankings from the CFP committe:
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