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2009 – (Trial year)


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

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7/29/09 – TG: Former Tony Alamo followers civil suit to go to trial in 2010

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.

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7/29/09 – Tony Alamo could use a prison consultant

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.

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7/27/09 – Just another prophet?

Examiner.com
July 29, 2009
Erik DiVietro

Just another prophet?

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.

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7/29/09 – ADG: SWEET TEA: The Gospel of whom, Mr. Alamo?

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?

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7/28/09 – Opinion: Tony Alamo tests me to the max

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.

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7/27/09 – Tony Alamo’s hidden cash, properties revealed by trial

The Washington Post
July 27, 2009
By JON GAMBRELL
The Associated Press

Trial reveals evangelist’s hidden cash, properties

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7/27/09 – A false prophet faces judgment

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.

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7/26/09 – Sex abuse testimony ends Alamo’s long crime career

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.

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GUILTY GUILTY GUILTY GUILTY GUILTY GUILTY GUILTY GUILTY GUILTY GUILTY ON ALL TEN COUNTS

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.

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7/26/09 – Tony Alamo faces life for child-sex conviction

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.

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7/25/09 – After the Verdict

Texarkana Gazette
July 25, 2009
By: Lynn LaRowe

After the Verdict

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7/25/09 – Fouke Minister calls Alamo the real “Fouke Monster”

Texarkana Gazette
July 25, 2009
By: Jim Williamson

Residents react to verdict

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.”

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7/25/09 – Alamo guilty on all 10 counts

Texarkana Gazette
July 25, 2009
By: Lynn LaRowe

Alamo Guilty on all 10 counts

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.

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.

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7/25/09 – VIDEO and Court Issued Press Release of the Verdict

KARK
July 25, 2009

Alamo Verdict: Guilty on All 10 Counts

CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE VIDEO ON KARK

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.

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7/25/09 – Tony Alamo says he’s another prophet going ‘to jail for the Gospel’

NWA News
July 25, 2009
BY ANDY DAVIS

Alamo guilty, hears ‘bye, bye’ outside court

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7/25/09 – Leader Tony Alamo retains property in Oklahoma

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.

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7/24/09 – Defense-Prosecution React to Alamo Verdict

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.

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7/24/09 – VIDEO of Tony Alamo after being found guilty

Today’s THV
July 24, 2009
Posted By: Rebecca Buerkle
Posted By: Charles Crowson
Posted By: Monika Rued

Tony Alamo Guilty On All 10 Counts

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7/24/09 – “We believe he will face the rest of his natural life in prison”

AOL News
July 24, 2009
By JON GAMBRELL
The Associated Press

Alamo Guilty of Sex Crimes

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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