Texarkana Gazette
January 1, 2009
By: Lynn LaRowe

Web gets a peek at Alamo case
Girl’s confidential court documents placed on Internet

A video of a 16-year-old girl speaking with a forensic interviewer the day after she was removed from Tony Alamo’s residence in Fouke, Ark., has been placed on the Internet.

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KFSM
January 1, 2009
Reported by Jared Broyles

Teen defends Alamo, says pastor will “go to hell” if guilty

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Arkansas Democrat Gazette
January 6, 2009
Associated Press

Hearing set on leak of video in Alamo case

TEXARKANA — A judge has set a hearing for Thursday to address the leak of a confidential videotape of an interview of a girl taken into state custody after a raid on the Tony Alamo Christian Ministries compound in Fouke.

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NWAnews
January 6, 2009
ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE

Alamo video focus of hearing Thursday

A judge has set a hearing for Thursday on the Arkansas Department of Human Service’s request to have a video recording of an interview with a 16-year-old member of the Tony Alamo Christian Ministries removed from the Internet.

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Arkansas Democrat Gazette
January 7, 2009
Associated Press

Alamo lawyer asks for more time before trial

LITTLE ROCK — A lawyer for jailed evangelist Tony Alamo asked a federal judge Wednesday to delay the preacher’s trial on charges he took underage girls across state lines for sex.

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NWAnews
January 7, 2009
BY ANDY DAVIS

A day before a court hearing on an interview with a 16-year old member of the Tony Alamo Christian Ministries posted on a Web site, an anonymous source sent the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette recordings of interviews with five other girls taken from the ministry during an investigation into physical and sexual abuse.

All six interviews were conducted at the Children’s Advocacy Center in Texarkana, Texas, on Sept. 21, a day after more than 100 federal and state police officers and child-welfare caseworkers raided the ministry’s compound in Fouke.

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Texarkana Gazette
January 8, 2009
By: Lynn LaRowe

Alamo defense requests delay

Tony Alamo’s defense attorney filed a motion Wednesday asking that the jailed evangelist’s criminal trial be postponed.

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Arkansas Times
January 8, 2009
By Doug Smith

‘Come back with a warrant’
Criminal-defense lawyer John Wesley Hall makes the prosecution work.

HALL IN HIS QUAPQW QUARTER OFFICE: Thurgood Marshall is on the wall.

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Texarkana Gazette
January 8, 2009
By: Lynn LaRowe

Kolbek’s absence creates difficulties in civil lawsuit

There may be some changes made in a civil lawsuit if a fugitive associate of local evangelist Tony Alamo’s isn’t found within the next few months.

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TodaysTHV
January 8, 2009
By: Monika Rued

Alamo Ministry: FBI Pressuring Members To Go To Counseling

Tony Alamo’s ministry claims the FBI has been pressuring uncooperative church members into seeking treatment for “cult deprogramming.”

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