Arkansas Democrat Gazette
November 4, 2009

3 ask to weigh in on Alamo
Court told that ‘wives’ want to speak at his sentencing

Three women whom evangelist Tony Alamo is accused of taking as “wives” at young ages and transporting across state lines have asked to speak at his sentencing hearing next week.

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Texarkana Gazette
November 4, 2009
By: Lynn LaRowe

Government files notice in Alamo case

The government has filed a notice in Tony Alamo’s criminal case that three of the five women who testified he’d wed them as children want to give victim impact testimony at his sentencing hearing next week.

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New York Times
November 6, 2009
By JAMES C. McKINLEY Jr.

Polygamist Sect Leader Convicted of Sexual Assault

ELDORADO, Tex. — One of the leaders of a polygamist sect was convicted Thursday night of sexually assaulting an under-age girl whom the church elders had assigned to him as one of his nine wives.

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CBS News
November 12, 2009
BY JON GAMBRELL (AP)

Will Followers Still Obey Evangelist From Prison?

Evangelist Tony Alamo controlled his followers from behind bars for years when he was in prison for tax evasion. Even as he awaited trial on child-sex charges over the past year, he had sufficient power to warn a young follower who questioned an order not to cross him.

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The Dallas Morning News
November 13, 2009
By JON GAMBRELL – Associated Press

Victims Set To Testify At Evangelist’s Sentencing

Several of the child “wives” that helped convict evangelist Tony Alamo of federal sex charges will return to the witness stand Friday.

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Texarkana Gazette
November 13, 2009
By: Lynn LaRowe

Alamo delivered for sentencing

About 6:40 a.m. today, a caravan of federal marshals delivered Tony Alamo to the federal courthouse for his sentencing hearing on 10 child sex abuse convictions in downtown Texarkana.

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Texarkana Gazette
November 13, 2009
By: Lynn LaRowe

Alamo sentencing today: Separate hearing set for victim restitution issues

The amount of restitution Tony Alamo owes to the young girls he took as child brides won’t be decided this morning at his federal sentencing on sex abuse charges in downtown Texarkana.

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Associated Press
November 13, 2009
JON GAMBRELL

Child ‘brides’ testify at evangelist’s sentencing

TEXARKANA, Ark. (AP) – Three women who Tony Alamo took as child “brides” have testified at Alamo’s sentencing hearing about the damage the convicted evangelist did to them and their families.

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