7/30/09 – Exclusive Interview: Alamo says courtroom was ‘rigged’
Texarkana Gazette
July 30, 2009
By: Lynn LaRowe
Alamo says courtroom was ‘rigged’
In exclusive interview, evangelist says he’s an innocent prophet
Texarkana Gazette
July 30, 2009
By: Lynn LaRowe
Alamo says courtroom was ‘rigged’
In exclusive interview, evangelist says he’s an innocent prophet
Texarkana Gazette
July 29, 2009
By: Lynn LaRowe
Former Tony Alamo followers civil suit to go to trial in 2010
A civil lawsuit filed by two former members of Tony Alamo Christian Ministries seeking damages for their alleged suffering has been scheduled for a July 2010 jury trial.
The Arkansas Leader
July 28, 2009
By GARRICK FELDMAN
Leader editor-in-chief
Alamo could use a prison consultant
Tony Alamo, the self-anointed preacher and serial child molester, looked nervous outside the federal courthouse in Texarkana on Friday.
Examiner.com
July 29, 2009
Erik DiVietro
Evangelist Tony Alamo (AKA Bernie LaZar Hoffman, Marcus Abad, Mark Hoffman) is going to prison – again. On Friday, a federal jury convicted him of ten counts of transporting young girls across state lines for sexual purposes. The maximum penalty for his conviction is 175 years.
Arkansas Democrat Gazette
July 28, 2009
By Jay Grelen
SWEET TEA: The Gospel of whom, Mr. Alamo?
For which gospel exactly is Tony Alamo headed to the hoosegow?
Amarillo
July 28, 2009
Greg Sagan
Column – Greg Sagan: This preacher tests me to the max
Last week evangelist Tony Alamo was convicted of transporting underage girls across state lines for sex. His trial in federal court in Texarkana illuminated, once again, outrages performed at an isolated religious commune by its own leader.
The Washington Post
July 27, 2009
By JON GAMBRELL
The Associated Press
Trial reveals evangelist’s hidden cash, properties

Baxter Bulletin
July 27, 2009
A false prophet faces judgment

In the Bible, people are told there will be false prophets preaching false teachings. Friday, a federal jury at Texarkana convicted one of those false prophets essentially of being a child molester.
The Washington Post
July 26, 2009
By DEBORAH HASTINGS
The Associated Press
Sex abuse testimony ends Alamo’s long crime career
Of all the horrid accusations against evangelist Tony Alamo – and the list is long – it was the testimony of formerly loyal subjects, recounting “marriages” between their cult leader and girls as young as 8, that may end his 40-year rule and send him to prison for life.
Texarkana Gazette
July 24, 2009
By: Staff Reports and Associated Press
A Look at Each Charge Against Alamo
The following is a count-by-count breakdown of the charges pending against Tony Alamo. Penalty ranges were acquired from Assistant U.S. Attorney Chris Plumlee.
The Signal (Santa Clarita Valley)
July 25, 2009
By Brandon Lowrey
Alamo faces life for child-sex conviction
Tony Alamo faces life behind bars thousands of miles away on a child sex conviction, but much of the 74-year-old preacher’s legacy lingers in the Santa Clarita Valley.
Texarkana Gazette
July 25, 2009
By: Jim Williamson
When a federal jury announced Friday that Tony Alamo was guilty of sex crimes involving young girls, the Rev. Roger Mixon said, “the Fouke Monster will be put away for good.”
Texarkana Gazette
July 25, 2009
By: Lynn LaRowe

Staff photo by Evan Lewis Sandy Buchanan and Dana Richardson, both of Texarkana, Ark., wave to the bus carrying the jury Friday morning following the verdict in the Tony Alamo trial. Alamo was found guilty on all 10 counts of bringing five young girls across state lines for sex.
KARK
July 25, 2009
Alamo Verdict: Guilty on All 10 Counts
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A jury in Texarkana has found evangelist Tony Alamo guilty on all 10 federal counts filed against him that involved taking young girls across state lines for sex.
News OK
July 25, 2009
BY SEAN ELY
Leader Tony Alamo retains property in Oklahoma
Tony Alamo’s ministry still owns housing complexes in eastern Sequoyah County, authorities said Friday.
KTAL
July 24, 2009
Reported by: Mario Boone
Defense-Prosecution React to Alamo Verdict
Alamo Defense attorney Don Erving says they will file a motion for a new trial within one week for newly convicted minister Tony Alamo. Erving said he was “disappointed and dejected” at the jury’s guilty verdict.
Today’s THV
July 24, 2009
Posted By: Rebecca Buerkle
Posted By: Charles Crowson
Posted By: Monika Rued
AOL News
July 24, 2009
By JON GAMBRELL
The Associated Press
Tony Alamo, a one-time street preacher who built a multimillion-dollar ministry and became an outfitter of the stars, was convicted Friday of taking girls as young as 9 across state lines for sex.
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