Pine Bluff Commercial
May 3, 2009
Associated Press

Alamo followers refuse to say where children are

TEXARKANA, Ark. – Two followers of jailed evangelist Tony Alamo remain in jail themselves after again refusing to tell an Arkansas judge where their children are.

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Texarkana Gazette
May 3, 2009
By: Lynn LaRowe

Alamo devotees refuse to give kids’ whereabouts

Two Tony Alamo Ministries members with children in foster care attended custody review hearings Thursday in shackles and cuffs.

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Pine Bluff Commercial
May 4, 2009
By JON GAMBRELL

Evidence of other crimes to be used against Alamo

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Federal lawyers prosecuting jailed evangelist Tony Alamo want to offer evidence at trial showing he had sex with other women and underage girls.

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ArkansasOnline
May 5, 2009
The Associated Press

Judge orders some records sealed in Alamo case

Identities of children seized from the Tony Alamo Christian Ministries and details of closed-door custody hearings will be sealed from public view in a federal lawsuit brought by the jailed evangelist’s church, a judge has ruled.

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Pine Bluff Commercial
May 5, 2009
By JON GAMBRELL

Alamo lawyers ask for continuance in sex case

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Lawyers for jailed evangelist Tony Alamo want another four months to prepare for his federal trial on sex charges, saying they’ve received only some of the evidence against their client.

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NWAnews
May 6, 2009
BY ANDY DAVIS

Alamo’s attorney seeks delay in abuse hearing

An attorney for evangelist Tony Alamo on Tuesday requested a delay in his client’s trial, saying he needs more time to investigate the credibility of the girls Alamo is accused of sexually abusing and to examine the locations where the abuse is alleged to have occurred.

“Defense counsel needs a minimum of 120 days before the cause can be tried competently,” defense attorney Danny Davis of Beverly Hills, Calif., wrote. Otherwise, he wrote, the trial “would not be a competent confrontation in our adversarial system, but a stumbling, ad hoc discovery proceeding, where defense counsel learns glimpses of the evidence during the prosecution’s case and makes the best record of constitutional defects that it can.”

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Texarkana Gazette
May 6, 2009
By: Lynn LaRowe

Alamo lawyers ask for continuance in sex case

Lawyers representing Tony Alamo in his sexual abuse case are asking U.S. District Judge Harry Barnes to delay the trial for four months.

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WXVT
May 6, 2009
Associated Press

Prosecutors oppose delay request in Alamo trial

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – Federal prosecutors say further delaying the trial of jailed evangelist Tony Alamo would jeopardize arrangements to bring dozens of witnesses from across the country to Texarkana.

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NWANews
May 7, 2009

Prosecutors object to Alamo trial delay

Prosecutors Wednesday asked a federal judge to reject a request to delay evangelist Tony Alamo’s May 18 trial, saying court officials have already summoned more than 240 potential jurors to report for duty and have issued subpoenas to dozens of witnesses across the country.

Responding to the request for a postponement by Alamo’s defense attorneys, prosecutors also asked U.S. District Judge Harry F. Barnes to declare that case has “special importance” and should be expedited under a federal law designed to minimize stress on child victims.

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NWANews
May 7, 2009
BY ANDY DAVIS

Alamo follower in N.J. regains custody of son, attorney says

An 11-year-old boy who spent five months in foster care will return home to his father, a member of the Tony Alamo Christian Ministries who lives in New Jersey, after a judge found no evidence the boy had been abused or neglected, the father’s attorney said Wednesday.

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