KTBS
October 30, 2008
From The Associated Press
Judge sets new trial date for evangelist Tony Alamo
A federal judge in Texarkana has moved jailed evangelist Tony Alamo’s trial to Feb. 2.
FACTnet
October 29, 2008
Posted by David Pike
In: Cult News
Texarkana Gazette
October 29, 2008
By: Lynn LaRowe
Lawyers want Alamo trial postponed
Lawyers representing jailed evangelist Tony Alamo are asking for more time to prepare for his federal criminal trial.
Texarkana Gazette
October 28, 2008
By: Lynn LaRowe
No visits or telephone calls in lockup for evangelist
Jailed evangelist Tony Alamo is not allowed visits or phone calls from anyone but his lawyers, said his lead defense attorney.
Times Record
October 25, 2008
By Amy Sherrill
Report Lists Alamo’s Properties
As Fort Smith police continued to search Friday for a follower of evangelist Tony Alamo accused of beating a 17-year-old boy, details of the organization’s local ties were released.
The Cabin.net
October 26, 2008
Tony Alamo
We don’t need this mess
There is too much advance hoo-raw leading up to Halloween, and now we have this Tony Alamo unpleasantness with us.
Associated Press
October 24, 2008
By JON GAMBRELL
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Seth Calagna recalled lying on the floor of a Fort Smith factory, feeling every strike of the board against his backside as blood oozed on the winter-cooled concrete.
Calagna told detectives months later that John Erwin Kolbeck, an alleged enforcer for jailed evangelist Tony Alamo, paused after 20 strikes to order another ministry member to pull off the 17-year-old’s pants and thermals. Kolbeck slammed the wooden board against the teen’s underwear and bare skin until the board finally broke, according to a police report.
40/29TV
October 24, 2008
Arrest Warrant Issued For Employee Of Tony Alamo Ministries
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John Erwin Kolbeck, of Fort Smith, is wanted on charges of beating a young man who once belonged to evangelist Tony Alamo’s Ministry.
KFSM
October 23, 2008
Police say teen severely beaten by Tony Alamo follower in Fort Smith
Arkansas Democrat Gazette
October 22, 2008
By Chuck Bartels, The Associated Press
Judge orders evangelist Alamo held until trial
A federal magistrate concluded Wednesday that evangelist Tony Alamo is a threat to public safety and ordered him held until his trial on charges that he took minors across state lines for sex.
Arkansas Democrat Gazette
October 23, 2008
BY ANDY DAVIS
Alamo denied bail after judge hears of beatings, sex with girls
TEXARKANA — After listening to testimony that Tony Alamo has ordered beatings, taken young girls as wives and controls what an FBI agent described as a “vast,” tightly controlled organization, a federal judge Wednesday ordered the evangelist held without bail pending his trial on sex charges, saying he wanted to “assure the safety of the community” and make sure Alamo doesn’t flee.
Texarkana Gazette
October 23, 2008
By: Lynn LaRowe
Tony Alamo will remain behind bars while his case proceeds to trial, U.S. Magistrate Barry Bryant ruled after listening to roughly four and a half hours of testimony Wednesday.
Today’s THV
October 22, 2008
New footage of Alamo and some of his followers at the courthouse today.
AP
October 22, 2008
By CHUCK BARTELS
Bail denied for Ark. evangelist in sex abuse case
TEXARKANA, Ark. (AP) — A federal magistrate called Tony Alamo a flight risk Wednesday as he ordered the evangelist held without bail until his trial on charges that he took a minor across state lines for sex.
Texarkana Gazette
October 22, 2008
Alamo jailed while case proceeds
Tony Alamo will remain in federal custody while his case proceeds to trial, U.S. Magistrate Judge Barry Bryant ordered today. Bryant ruled that Alamo, whose real name is Bernard LaZar Hoffman, presents a risk of flight and a threat to the safety of the public. Before ruling on Alamo’s detention, Bryant listened to graphic testimony from a now 18-year-old former follower about being beaten at age 12 by alleged enforcer John Kolbeck at Alamo’s direction. Alamo has been charged with violations of the Mann Act, based on allegations he transported a teen girl across state lines for sex. Assistant U.S. Attorney Kyra Jenner told the court an arrest warrant currently exists for Kolbeck’s arrest.
AP
October 22, 2008
By CHUCK BARTELS
New search warrant served on evangelist’s compound
TEXARKANA, Ark. (AP) — Former followers of evangelist Tony Alamo testified Wednesday they were often beaten at his instructions and one said Alamo took a 9-year-old girl as his wife, as prosecutors sought to prevent him from being freed while awaiting trial.
ArkLaTex
October 22, 2008
by: Karen Hopkins
Arkansas Democrat Gazette
October 22, 2008
BY ANDY DAVIS
Alamo defense granted access to documents
Over the objections of prosecutors, a federal judge on Tuesday said Tony Alamo should have immediate access to documents related to the search of Alamo’s religious compound in southwest Arkansas.
Ex-Wives testify against Alamo
The Commercial Appeal
September 10, 1994
“A sentencing hearing for the convicted preacher-clothes designer Tony Alamo is expected to conclude Thursday before U.S. Dist. Judge Jon McCalla.
Former wives of Alamo called by government prosecutors testified that they were beaten and raped while part of his religious group.
