7/31/09 – TG: Alamo defense team seeks new trial
Texarkana Gazette
July 31, 2009
By: Lynn LaRowe
Alamo defense team seeks new trial
Tony Alamo’s defense team has filed a motion requesting a new trial.
7/24/09 – VIDEO: Jurors Convict Tony Alamo on 10 Sex-abuse Counts
YouTube
July 24, 2009
Associated Press
Jurors Convict Evangelist on 10-sex-abuse counts
Tony Alamo, a one-time street preacher who became an outfitter of the stars and fought the federal government over claims he underpaid followers for church work, was convicted Friday of taking five girls across state lines for sex.
7/24/09 – Tony Alamo Convicted on Child-Sex Charges; Faces 175 Years
The Village Voice
July 24, 2009
By Roy Edroso
Preacher Tony Alamo Convicted on Child-Sex Charges; Faces 175 Years
Last year the Voice did a big report on Tony Alamo and his bizarre Christian child-bride cult. New Yorkers of a certain vintage may recall being handed one of Alamo’s insane pamphlets in the subways, where his minions sometimes proselytized. We found Alamo and his Tony Alamo Christian Ministries running charity scams, but it was his polygamous attachment to pre-teens that interested many people — including law enforcement officers.
7/30/09 – Exclusive Interview: Alamo says courtroom was ‘rigged’
Texarkana Gazette
July 30, 2009
By: Lynn LaRowe
Alamo says courtroom was ‘rigged’
In exclusive interview, evangelist says he’s an innocent prophet
7/29/09 – TG: Former Tony Alamo followers civil suit to go to trial in 2010
Texarkana Gazette
July 29, 2009
By: Lynn LaRowe
Former Tony Alamo followers civil suit to go to trial in 2010
A civil lawsuit filed by two former members of Tony Alamo Christian Ministries seeking damages for their alleged suffering has been scheduled for a July 2010 jury trial.
7/29/09 – Tony Alamo could use a prison consultant
The Arkansas Leader
July 28, 2009
By GARRICK FELDMAN
Leader editor-in-chief
Alamo could use a prison consultant
Tony Alamo, the self-anointed preacher and serial child molester, looked nervous outside the federal courthouse in Texarkana on Friday.
7/27/09 – Just another prophet?
Examiner.com
July 29, 2009
Erik DiVietro
Evangelist Tony Alamo (AKA Bernie LaZar Hoffman, Marcus Abad, Mark Hoffman) is going to prison – again. On Friday, a federal jury convicted him of ten counts of transporting young girls across state lines for sexual purposes. The maximum penalty for his conviction is 175 years.
7/29/09 – ADG: SWEET TEA: The Gospel of whom, Mr. Alamo?
Arkansas Democrat Gazette
July 28, 2009
By Jay Grelen
SWEET TEA: The Gospel of whom, Mr. Alamo?
For which gospel exactly is Tony Alamo headed to the hoosegow?
7/28/09 – Opinion: Tony Alamo tests me to the max
Amarillo
July 28, 2009
Greg Sagan
Column – Greg Sagan: This preacher tests me to the max
Last week evangelist Tony Alamo was convicted of transporting underage girls across state lines for sex. His trial in federal court in Texarkana illuminated, once again, outrages performed at an isolated religious commune by its own leader.
7/27/09 – Tony Alamo’s hidden cash, properties revealed by trial
The Washington Post
July 27, 2009
By JON GAMBRELL
The Associated Press
Trial reveals evangelist’s hidden cash, properties
7/27/09 – A false prophet faces judgment
Baxter Bulletin
July 27, 2009
A false prophet faces judgment
In the Bible, people are told there will be false prophets preaching false teachings. Friday, a federal jury at Texarkana convicted one of those false prophets essentially of being a child molester.
7/26/09 – Sex abuse testimony ends Alamo’s long crime career
The Washington Post
July 26, 2009
By DEBORAH HASTINGS
The Associated Press
Sex abuse testimony ends Alamo’s long crime career
Of all the horrid accusations against evangelist Tony Alamo – and the list is long – it was the testimony of formerly loyal subjects, recounting “marriages” between their cult leader and girls as young as 8, that may end his 40-year rule and send him to prison for life.
7/26/09 – Tony Alamo, Anti-Catholic Bigot, Going to Prison
Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights
July 26, 2009
Tony Alamo, Anti-Catholic Bigot, Going to Prison
'He’s possessed with hatred of the Catholic Church. And he made a pretty good living off of it, as well.'
GUILTY GUILTY GUILTY GUILTY GUILTY GUILTY GUILTY GUILTY GUILTY GUILTY ON ALL TEN COUNTS
Texarkana Gazette
July 24, 2009
By: Staff Reports and Associated Press
A Look at Each Charge Against Alamo
The following is a count-by-count breakdown of the charges pending against Tony Alamo. Penalty ranges were acquired from Assistant U.S. Attorney Chris Plumlee.
7/26/09 – Tony Alamo faces life for child-sex conviction
The Signal (Santa Clarita Valley)
July 25, 2009
By Brandon Lowrey
Alamo faces life for child-sex conviction
Tony Alamo faces life behind bars thousands of miles away on a child sex conviction, but much of the 74-year-old preacher’s legacy lingers in the Santa Clarita Valley.
7/25/09 – Fouke Minister calls Alamo the real “Fouke Monster”
Texarkana Gazette
July 25, 2009
By: Jim Williamson
When a federal jury announced Friday that Tony Alamo was guilty of sex crimes involving young girls, the Rev. Roger Mixon said, “the Fouke Monster will be put away for good.”
7/25/09 – Alamo guilty on all 10 counts
Texarkana Gazette
July 25, 2009
By: Lynn LaRowe
Staff photo by Evan Lewis Sandy Buchanan and Dana Richardson, both of Texarkana, Ark., wave to the bus carrying the jury Friday morning following the verdict in the Tony Alamo trial. Alamo was found guilty on all 10 counts of bringing five young girls across state lines for sex.
7/25/09 – VIDEO and Court Issued Press Release of the Verdict
KARK
July 25, 2009
Alamo Verdict: Guilty on All 10 Counts
CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE VIDEO ON KARK
A jury in Texarkana has found evangelist Tony Alamo guilty on all 10 federal counts filed against him that involved taking young girls across state lines for sex.
7/25/09 – Tony Alamo says he’s another prophet going ‘to jail for the Gospel’
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