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Unlawful Flight to Avoid Prosecution – Battery, Second Degree
JOHN ERWIN KOLBEK
UPDATED PHOTO OF JENNIFER KOLBEK
They may also be traveling with several children.
Aliases:
John Erwin Kolbeck, John Kolbeck, John Kolbek
DESCRIPTION
Date(s) of Birth Used:
September 23, 1959
Place of Birth:
Kansas
Height:
6’4″
Weight:
250 pounds
NCIC:
W455441652
Occupation:
Unknown
Hair:
Brown (thinning)
Eyes:
Green
Sex:
Male
Race:
White
Nationality:
American
Scars and Marks:
None known
Remarks:
Kolbek is believed to be traveling with his wife, Jennifer Kolbek, who is not a fugitive from the law. The Kolbeks also may be traveling with five children, some of their own.
CAUTION
John Erwin Kolbek is wanted for his alleged involvement in the 2008 beating of a teenage boy, who reportedly violated religious teachings while he was a member of a religious sect in Arkansas. Kolbek is alleged to have struck the boy in the face and ordered him to lie flat with his head and legs extended on the concrete floor at a Fort Smith, Arkansas warehouse. It is alleged that with his arms and legs held down, the boy was struck across the buttocks with a board and was beaten until the board broke and he was left bruised and bloody. Kolbek allegedly struck the boy with his clothes on and off.
Kolbek is allegedly a member of the Tony Alamo Christian Ministries (TACM) group, a religious sect that was overseen by Bernie L. Hoffman, aka Tony Alamo, who was sentenced to 175 years in a federal prison in November 2009. The TACM has “compounds” in Fouke, Arkansas; Fort Smith, Arkansas; Moffett, Oklahoma; Muldrow, Oklahoma; Los Angeles, California; and congregations in New York and New Jersey. It is alleged that this group encourages lying to federal agents and Alamo preached that 40 strikes with a board is appropriate punishment for disobedience. Kolbek was an alleged enforcer for Alamo. When a member of the group disobeyed Alamo, he ordered punishment including a lengthy fast, beating with a board, or expulsion from the group. If Alamo decided a member needed beating, he allegedly contacted Kolbek to enforce it. The group is alleged to be aiding Kolbek.
On October 16, 2008, Kolbek was charged with battery, second degree by the District Court of Sebastian County, Arkansas, Fort Smith Division, and a state warrant was issued for his arrest. A federal arrest warrant was issued on November 6, 2008, by the United States District Court, Western District of Arkansas, after Kolbek was charged federally with unlawful flight to avoid prosecution.
REWARD
The FBI is offering a reward of up to $10,000 for information leading directly to the arrest of John Kolbek.