Texarkana Gazette
September 30, 2008
By: Lynn LaRowe
Local lawyer on Alamo’s defense team
Two Little Rock lawyers and one from Texarkana will make up the defense team for Tony Alamo when he goes to court on charges he transported minors across state lines for sexual purposes.
Texarkana Gazette
September 29, 2008
By: Lynn LaRowe
Hearings slated for 4 girls of Alamo church
Four of the six girls taken into state custody last week after a search of the Tony Alamo Ministries compound in Fouke, Ark., are scheduled for probable cause hearings today in a Miller County Circuit Court.
ArkLaTex.com
September 29, 2008
by: Karen Hopkins
Miller County Judges Rule Alamo Girls Will Stay In State Custody
Two sets of sisters, taken from Tony Alamo’s church in Fouke, had hearings Monday morning. The judge says it’s not safe for them to go home, while Alamo church members say the church is a great place to live.
The Village Voice
» Runnin’ Scared « A Voice news blog
September 26, 2008
by Maria Luisa Tucker
Texarkana Gazette
September 28, 2008
By: Jim Williamson
Fouke buzzes with talk of raid, Alamo arrest
FOUKE, Ark.—Five days after Tony Alamo Christian Ministries was raided, its controversial founder was arrested by FBI agents in Flagstaff, Ariz.
The Oregonian
September 27, 2008
by Michelle Roberts
For Tony Alamo survivors, religious abuse scars the soul
Diane Bach gives her horse Star Point a smooch on the nose at her home near St. Helens. A former member of the Tony Alamo ministry in Arkansas, Bach lived there from age 17 to 31 and was thrown out in the early 1980s after her then-husband sewed her a shirt from factory scraps and Tony Alamo called it stealing. She still struggles daily with diagnosed post-traumatic stress disorder as a consequence of brainwashing.
KATV
September 26, 2008
Grand Jury Meeting Next Week on Alamo
When Tony Alamo returns to Arkansas after his arrest on a charge that he transported minors across state lines for illegal purposes, he will get quick consideration from a grand jury.
KATV7
September 26, 2008
Probable cause hearings began Friday for the children taken into state custody from Tony Alamo’s compound.
One father [Greg Seago], when asked his name by reporters,
refuses to give his name, stating he doesn’t want to do any interviews.
KFI AM 640
Tony Alamo…Evangelical…Barbie Jacket Designer?!?
Tuesday 09-23-2008 8:32pm PT
Click on the link below to listen to the broadcast. The first 15 minutes is all about Alamo and sound bites discussed…“I like it, I love it, I want a lot more of it!”, “Crummy Pig, You!” and much more!
In: Humor
Texarkana Gazette
September 27, 2008
By: Lynn LaRowe
State to retain custody of girls
Hearings in Alamo case continue Monday
The State of Arkansas will maintain custody of at least two of the six girls removed from the Tony Alamo Ministries compound one week ago, Circuit Judge Jim Hudson decided Friday.
Kansas City.com
September 27, 2008
By FELICIA FONSECA
Associated Press Writer
Evangelist Tony Alamo agrees to return to Arkansas
Tony Alamo, evangelist and convicted tax evader, is seen in this Thursday, Sept. 25, 2008 booking photo released by the Coconino County Sheriff’s Office, in Flagstaff, Ariz. Alamo, whose birth name is Bernie Lazar Hoffman, has waived his right to fight extradition to Arkansas after his arrest on charges he took minors across state lines for sexual purposes. Alamo made a brief appearance in U.S. District Court in Flagstaff, Ariz., on Friday, Sept. 26, 2008.
September 26, 2008
Just days after law enforcement agents raided evangelist leader Tony Alamo’s Arkansas compound and removed six girls, FBI agents arrested Alamo at an Arizona motel, alleging he transported minors across state lines for sexual purposes.
The Village Voice
» Runnin’ Scared «
September 26, 2008
by Maria Luisa Tucker
Tony Alamo Arrested, Charged Under Mann Act
The FBI has announced that Tony Alamo, the little-girl-loving evangelist covered by the Voice in May, has been arrested for transporting a minor across state lines with the intent to engage in sexual activity.
KTAL
September 25, 2008
by: Karen Hopkins
KATV
September 26, 2008
Today’ THV
September 25, 2008
Posted By: Michelle Chism
USA Today
September 25, 2008
Posted by Michael Winter at 07:53 PM/ET
Fugitive evangelist Alamo arrested at Ariz. hotel, accused of child porn
FBI agents have arrested fugitive evangelist Tony Alamo at an Arizona motel, accusing him of transporting minors across state lines for sex.
Arkansas Democrat Gazette
September 25, 2008
Associated Press
Evangelist Tony Alamo arrested in child porn probe
FBI agents on Thursday arrested cult leader Tony Alamo at an Arizona motel, alleging he transported minors across state lines for sexual purposes.
KHTS
September 25, 2008
by Carol Rock
Arrest Warrant Issued For Tony Alamo
Authorities looking for vehicle believed to be used by wanted charismatic ex-con.
