7/22/09 – Court adjourns until 1 p.m., another Alamo follower takes the Fifth Amendment
Texarkana Gazette
July 22, 2009
By: Lynn LaRowe
Court adjourns until 1 p.m., another Alamo follower takes the Fifth Amendment
For the second time in Tony Alamo’s federal sexual abuse trial in downtown Texarkana, a defense witness has invoked her constitutional right to silence.
“I think I’m going to take the Fifth (Amendment) on that,” said Sue Davis, mother of one of the Jane Does named in Alamo’s criminal indictment.
Last November, Davis was served by a member of the Arkansas’ child welfare agency with a copy of an emergency custody order signed by circuit judges in Miller and Sebastian counties.
It names Davis as the mother of a boy whose age and name are unknown.
Since the order was signed last year authorizing the pick up of more than 125 juveniles, only 36 children have been placed in state care. Most of the Alamo-following parents with kids in state care have been in hiding.
U.S. District Judge Harry Barnes has adjourned court until 1 p.m.
Alamo’s lawyers aren’t saying whether he will testify though they’ve said if the 74-year-old evangelist takes the stand, it will be against their advice.