Texarkana Gazette
December 13, 2008
By: Lynn LaRowe
Officials: 4 more children found
Four more children of Tony Alamo followers were found Friday in Arkansas and placed in state care.
Arkansas Democrat Gazette
December 12, 2008
The Associated Press
4 boys removed from Alamo ministries
The seizure Friday of four young brothers associated with Tony Alamo Christian Ministries in Arkansas brought to 36 the number of children taken into custody by state child-welfare authorities.
The Baxter Bulletin
December 9, 2008
AP
6 Alamo compound children to remain in custody of state
LITTLE ROCK (AP) — Six children associated with the Tony Alamo Christian Ministries will remain in the custody of the state of Arkansas after being found in Indiana, officials said Monday.
Texarkana Gazette
December 8, 2008
By: Lynn LaRowe
A probable cause hearing to address the temporary custody of six children of Tony Alamo Christian Ministries followers found last week in Indiana will be held today in Fort Smith, Ark.
Associated Press
December 4, 2008
By PEGGY HARRIS
FBI: Girls told agent evangelist Alamo abused them
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Before evangelist Tony Alamo’s arrest on federal sex charges, three girls who lived at his Arkansas compound told an FBI agent that he had sexually abused them, and one said he had threatened to have “someone take care of you” if she talked, according to a newly unsealed FBI affidavit.
NWAnews
December 4, 2008
BY ANDY DAVIS
Affidavit on Alamo tells of sex with girls
Authorities took six additional children connected with Tony Alamo Christian Ministries into protective custody Tuesday in Indiana and transported them to Arkansas on Wednesday, bringing the total number of ministry children in state custody to 32.
Texarkana Gazette
December 4, 2008
By: Lynn LaRowe
Six more children in custody
Local man, who is no longer an Alamo follower, looks forward to seeing children he says he hasn’t had contact with in years
Six more children of Tony Alamo Christian Ministries followers, who were listed on an order for removal signed last month by a Miller County circuit judge, were found Tuesday night in Indiana.
Chicago Tribune
December 3, 2008
By JON GAMBRELL | Associated Press Writer
Ark. officials seize 6 ministries children in Ind.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Child welfare officials have seized six children in Indiana associated with the Tony Alamo Christian Ministries, potentially signaling a multistate sweep targeting minors involved in the jailed evangelist’s church.
CBS Channel 7
December 3, 2008
By JON GAMBRELL, AP
Arkansas officials seize 6 Alamo compound children
Arkansas child welfare officials seized six more children Wednesday from the Tony Alamo Christian Ministries as authorities in California visited another church compound, officials said. Julie Munsell, a spokeswoman for the Arkansas Department of Human Services, declined to say where or how the children were taken into state custody.
Texarkana Gazette
December 3, 2008
By Lynn LaRowe
Judge Unseals Alamo Papers
Federal court documents unsealed Tuesday in evangelist Tony Alamo’s criminal case allege his sexual misconduct with girls as young as 8.
NWAnews
December 3, 2008
BY ANDY DAVIS
Number of sex charges against Alamo grows by eight
An indictment unsealed Tuesday accuses evangelist Tony Alamo of eight more counts of transporting underage girls across state lines for sexual purposes over the past 14 years, including at least one violation that occurred while Alamo was completing a prison sentence at a halfway house in Texarkana.
Associated Press
December 2, 2008
By PEGGY HARRIS
Sex abuse allegations against evangelist detailed
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A federal indictment unsealed Tuesday accuses evangelist Tony Alamo of sexually abusing five girls on separate occasions beginning in 1994, including a period when he was serving a tax-evasion sentence at a halfway house in Texarkana.
CBS News
November 25, 2008
AP
More Child Sex Charges Against Evangelist
Tony Alamo, 74, Sect Leader, Polygamist And Tax Cheat Is Accused Of Molesting Children
(AP) Jailed evangelist Tony Alamo faces eight new federal charges after his arrest for allegedly taking children across state lines for sex, his defense lawyer said Tuesday.
