Texarkana Gazette
January 14, 2009
By: Lynn LaRowe
Internet radio talk show host Tom Friess of Perry, Iowa, broadcasts his show Tuesday morning from in front of the Miller County Juvenile Court Center in Texarkana, Ark. He and members of the church are protesting the custody hearings of 23 children following a September raid at the Tony Alamo Christian Ministries compound in Fouke, Ark.
In: 2000-2007
KATV
January 14, 2009
The Associated Press
Judge Pushes Alamo Trial Back a Week
Texarkana – A federal judge has delayed the trial of jailed evangelist Tony Alamo another week, saying the court had a scheduling conflict.
In: 2000-2007
KTBS 3
January 12, 2009
By Julie Parr
Alamo supporters protest state custody hearings
Testimony got underway today in the custody hearings of 23 children taken from the Tony Alamo compound.
In: 2000-2007
Pine Bluff Commercial
January 12, 2009
By JON GAMBRELL
Judge issues gag order in Alamo custody hearings
TEXARKANA, Ark. – The judge overseeing a hearing for 23 children taken from the Tony Alamo Christian Ministries issued a gag order Monday, barring those involved from talking publicly about what is likely the largest child custody case in Arkansas history.
In: 2000-2007
Texarkana Gazette
January 12, 2009
By: Lynn LaRowe
Final custody hearings today
Testimony closed during inquiry for 23 children of Alamo followers
Today a Miller County circuit judge will begin final custody hearings for 23 children taken from followers of Tony Alamo Christian Ministries in November and December.
In: 2000-2007
Texarkana Gazette
January 12, 2009
By: Lynn LaRowe
Time running out to serve Kolbek
Plaintiffs ask court for extension
Two former Tony Alamo Christian Ministries followers who filed a civil lawsuit naming the jailed evangelist and an on-the-lam associate as defendants have filed a motion for more time to serve the fugitive with notice he is being sued.
KATV
January 12, 2008
The Associated Press
Judge to Decide Fate of Ministry Children
Texarkana – The judge overseeing a custody hearing for 23 children taken from the Tony Alamo Christian Ministries says court proceedings to decide whether the children should stay with the state could last as long as two weeks.
WXVT
January 11, 2009
The Associated Press
Judge to decide fate of Ark. ministry children
TEXARKANA, Ark. (AP) – A judge will decide the fate of 23 children removed from the Tony Alamo Christian Ministries on allegations of beatings and sexual abuse. Circuit Judge Joe Griffin begins a hearing tomorrow in Texarkana that is expected to last at least a week. Griffin will decide whether the children, who were removed from the ministry in November and December, should remain in foster care, go to live with relatives outside the ministry or be allowed to return to their parents.
NWAnews
January 9, 2009
BY ANDY DAVIS
Ex-Alamo follower gets home detention
TEXARKANA, Texas – A man who once described himself as an associate pastor of the Tony Alamo Christian Ministries was sentenced Thursday to six months of home detention and two years of probation for selling fake Nikes and CDs with counterfeit labels at his store in Texarkana, Texas.
The charges against Leslie Ray “Buster” White, 58, stem from a March 1, 2007, raid by the FBI on The Great American Outlet Mall, a discount store that sells everything from furniture to toys to canned goods.
Texarkana Gazette
January 9, 2009
By: Lynn LaRowe
Parents ordered to remove Web video
Video shows interview with girl about Alamo, church
A judge has ordered two loyal Tony Alamo followers to take immediate steps to have a videotape of their daughter speaking with a forensic interviewer removed from the Internet.
NWAnews
January 9, 2009
By Andy Davis
In Alamo case, judge OKs plan to pull video
TEXARKANA – A judge Thursday approved an agreement requiring the mother of a 16-year-old member of the Tony Alamo Christian Ministries to take steps to have a video recording of investigators’ interview with the girl removed from an Internet site.
The Associated Press
January 8, 2009
By CHUCK BARTELS
Judge delays start of evangelist Alamo’s trial
TEXARKANA, Ark. (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday delayed the trial of jailed evangelist Tony Alamo on charges he took young girls across state lines for sex.
The Houston Chronicle
January 8, 2009
By CHUCK BARTELS Associated Press Writer
Ex-Alamo follower sentenced to house arrest
TEXARKANA, Texas — A federal judge on Thursday sentenced a former member of the Tony Alamo Christian Ministries to 180 days of house arrest and two years’ probation for trafficking in counterfeit compact discs.
The Houston Chronicle
January 8, 2009
By CHUCK BARTELS Associated Press Writer
Judge orders couple to rein in video
TEXARKANA, Ark. — Two followers of jailed evangelist Tony Alamo must try to get back a video of their daughter’s interview with a state child welfare official, even though the footage is on the Internet and a copy was mailed to the White House, a judge ruled Thursday.
TodaysTHV
January 8, 2009
By: Monika Rued
Alamo Ministry: FBI Pressuring Members To Go To Counseling
Tony Alamo’s ministry claims the FBI has been pressuring uncooperative church members into seeking treatment for “cult deprogramming.”
Texarkana Gazette
January 8, 2009
By: Lynn LaRowe
Kolbek’s absence creates difficulties in civil lawsuit
There may be some changes made in a civil lawsuit if a fugitive associate of local evangelist Tony Alamo’s isn’t found within the next few months.
Arkansas Times
January 8, 2009
By Doug Smith
‘Come back with a warrant’
Criminal-defense lawyer John Wesley Hall makes the prosecution work.
HALL IN HIS QUAPQW QUARTER OFFICE: Thurgood Marshall is on the wall.
Texarkana Gazette
January 8, 2009
By: Lynn LaRowe
Tony Alamo’s defense attorney filed a motion Wednesday asking that the jailed evangelist’s criminal trial be postponed.
In: 2000-2007
NWAnews
January 7, 2009
BY ANDY DAVIS
A day before a court hearing on an interview with a 16-year old member of the Tony Alamo Christian Ministries posted on a Web site, an anonymous source sent the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette recordings of interviews with five other girls taken from the ministry during an investigation into physical and sexual abuse.
All six interviews were conducted at the Children’s Advocacy Center in Texarkana, Texas, on Sept. 21, a day after more than 100 federal and state police officers and child-welfare caseworkers raided the ministry’s compound in Fouke.
Arkansas Democrat Gazette
January 7, 2009
Associated Press
Alamo lawyer asks for more time before trial
LITTLE ROCK — A lawyer for jailed evangelist Tony Alamo asked a federal judge Wednesday to delay the preacher’s trial on charges he took underage girls across state lines for sex.
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