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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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 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.