MyFox Memphis
June 29, 2009
By JON GAMBRELL
Prosecutors Refuse Alamo Requests
Federal prosecutors refused on Monday to turn over mental health evaluations and hospital records of witnesses in the upcoming child-sex trial of jailed evangelist Tony Alamo.
KATV
June 29, 2009
The Associated Press
Prosecutors Refuse Pretrial Requests by Tony Alamo
Federal prosecutors are refusing a request by jailed evangelist Tony Alamo to provide mental health and hospital records for witnesses in his upcoming child-sex trial.
Texarkana Gazette
June 27, 2009
By: Lynn LaRowe
Defense to be notified of any deals with Alamo witnesses
The U.S. Attorney’s Office has filed a response to one of six motions filed recently by Tony Alamo’s defense team.
NWA News
June 25, 2009
Alamo’s lawyer says evidence ‘fatally stale’
An attorney for evangelist Tony Alamo has asked a judge to suppress evidence taken from his client’s compound in Fouke, saying the information used to justify a search warrant was “fatally stale.”
In a motion filed Tuesday, attorney Jeff Harrelson of Texarkana asked U.S. District Judge Harry F. Barnes to keep a jury from seeing evidence seized from the compound during a Sept. 20 raid. He also wants Barnes to bar law enforcement officers who participated in the raid from testifying about what they saw.
My Fox Memphis
June 24, 2009
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press Writer
Alamo Wants Evidence Kept from Trial
Evidence seized during a raid on jailed evangelist Tony Alamo’s southwest Arkansas compound shouldn’t be used at his upcoming trial on sex charges because a judge granted the search warrant using outdated information, his lawyers argue in new court filings.
Texarkana Gazette
June 24, 2009
By: Lynn LaRowe
Tony Alamo’s defense team file motions
Tony Alamo’s defense team filed motions Tuesday asking the court to keep evidence collected during September’s raid on ministry properties out of his criminal trial next month.
WXVT 15
June 20, 2009
Associated Press
Alamo lawyers seek details of accusations
TEXARKANA, Ark. (AP) – Lawyers for jailed evangelist Tony Alamo have asked a federal judge to order prosecutors to provide Alamo’s defense with details of the crimes he is accused of committing.
Texarkana Gazette
June 20, 2009
By: Lynn LaRowe
Alamo’s lawyers want more information on charges
Tony Alamo’s defense team filed several motions late Friday afternoon requesting more information from the U.S. government.
Texarkana Gazette
June 20, 2009
By: Lynn LaRowe
Parents hope to keep newest addition
Carlos and Sophie Parrish’s joy at the birth of their fifth child is clouded by fears an Arkansas state agency will take their baby because they are Tony Alamo Christian Ministries members.
Texarkana Gazette
June 16, 2009
By: Lynn LaRowe
Superseding indictment not in public record
A superseding indictment for Tony Alamo that has not been made part of the public record does little more than fine-tune the language of one of 10 pending criminal counts, an Alamo defense attorney said Monday.
My Alamo War
Ernest Kearney
It’s funny.
I hadn’t thought of the name in ages, yet inexplicably the last few months the name and all the madness connected had been wafting about the edges of my consciousness. Then not long ago, savoring the morning’s first cup of coffee, I opened the L.A. Times and there it was, “Tony Alamo.”
Like an old warrior at his battalion’s reunion, memories came flooding back.
In: Humor
Texarkana Gazette
June 8, 2009
Legal Notice to Bernie Lazar Hoffman and John E. Kolbek
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS TEXARKANA DIVISION
SPENCER ONDRISEK AND SETH CALAGNA, PLAINTIFFS
VS
BERNIE LAZAR HOFFMAN a/k/a
TONY ALAMO AND JOHN E. KOLBEK, DEFENDANTS
CIVIL ACTION NO. 4:08CV4113(JURY)
WARNING ORDER
Defendant John E. Kolbek is hereby warned to appear in this Court within thirty (30) days from the date of first publication of this Order and answer the Complaint filed against him by the Plaintiffs.
Failure to file a written answer thirty (30) days may result in an Entry of Judgement by Default against you or otherwise bar you from answering or asserting any defense you have.
Witness my hand and seal as Clerk of the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas, this 8th day of June, 2009.
CHRISTOPHER R. JOHNSON
BY: Charlotte Powell
Clerk for the United States District Court
Western District of Arkansas
Texarkana Gazette
June 10, 2009
By: Lynn LaRowe
Lawyer of Alamo requests hearing to examine evidence
In a motion filed Tuesday, the lawyer representing Tony Alamo Christian Ministries requests a hearing to examine evidence in a civil suit accusing the Arkansas Department of Human Services of harassment and civil rights violations.
Texarkana Gazette
June 4, 2009
By: Lynn LaRowe
Federal judge grants motion to serve fugitive via newspaper notice
A federal judge has granted a motion from the attorney representing two former Tony Alamo Christian Ministries followers to serve a fugitive defendant with notice of a civil lawsuit in the newspaper.
NWANews
June 4, 2009
BY ANDY DAVIS
Lawyer seeks ruling in case tied to Alamo
An attorney said Wednesday that he plans to publish a notice in a newspaper as early as next week giving the man accused of being Tony Alamo’s “enforcer” 30 days to respond to a lawsuit or risk having a judgment entered against him.
The lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court in Texarkana in November by Spencer Ondrisek and Seth Calagna, both 18 at the time, against Alamo and John Kolbeck, who authorities say administered beatings on Alamo’s behalf.
Texarkana Gazette
June 3, 2009
By: Lynn LaRowe
Judge makes a ruling in Alamo case
The Arkansas Department of Human Services won’t have to hand over any documents this week to a lawyer suing the agency on behalf of Tony Alamo Christian Ministries, U.S. District Judge Harry Barnes ruled Tuesday.
NWANews
June 3, 2009
Judge delays access to Alamo case data
Arkansas child-welfare officials will not have to provide the Tony Alamo Christian Ministries with any information until a judge decides whether the ministry’s lawsuit should be dismissed, the judge ruled Tuesday.
The lawsuit, filed by a group known as CPS Watch Legal Team on behalf of the ministry in April, claims that the Arkansas Department of Human Services has violated church members’ religious freedoms by removing children from the ministry and requiring parents to sever some of their ties with the ministry to regain custody.
NWANews
June 1, 2009
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
State files motions against Alamo lawyer
TEXARKANA – Efforts by lawyers for jailed evangelist Tony Alamo to gather what they claim is evidence for a civil suit against the state in federal court are really an attempt to interfere in state-court custody actions involving the children of Alamo followers, according to lawyers for the state.
The state Department of Human Services filed five motions in federal court Friday in the civil lawsuit that accuses the agency of harassment and civil rights violations in the removal of children from Tony Alamo Christian Ministries.
Arkansas Democrat Gazette
May 31, 2009
Associated Press
Keep suit, custody actions separate, state asks
Efforts by lawyers for jailed evangelist Tony Alamo to gather what they claim is evidence for a civil suit against the state in federal court are really an attempt to interfere in state-court custody actions involving the children of Alamo followers, according to lawyers for the state.
