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7/25/09 – Leader Tony Alamo retains property in Oklahoma

News OK
July 25, 2009
BY SEAN ELY

Leader Tony Alamo retains property in Oklahoma

Tony Alamo’s ministry still owns housing complexes in eastern Sequoyah County, authorities said Friday.

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7/28/09 – Tony Alamo Convicted of Child Sex Charges

ScienceBlogs
July 28, 2009
By Ed Brayton

Evangelist Convicted of Child Sex Charges

Tony Alama, the Christian mega-preacher from Arkansas, was convicted on Friday of Mann Act violations for taking girls as young as 9 across state lines and having sex with them.

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7/24/09 – Defense-Prosecution React to Alamo Verdict

KTAL
July 24, 2009
Reported by: Mario Boone

Defense-Prosecution React to Alamo Verdict

Alamo Defense attorney Don Erving says they will file a motion for a new trial within one week for newly convicted minister Tony Alamo. Erving said he was “disappointed and dejected” at the jury’s guilty verdict.

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7/24/09 – VIDEO of Tony Alamo after being found guilty

Today’s THV
July 24, 2009
Posted By: Rebecca Buerkle
Posted By: Charles Crowson
Posted By: Monika Rued

Tony Alamo Guilty On All 10 Counts

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7/24/09 – “We believe he will face the rest of his natural life in prison”

AOL News
July 24, 2009
By JON GAMBRELL
The Associated Press

Alamo Guilty of Sex Crimes

Tony Alamo, a one-time street preacher who built a multimillion-dollar ministry and became an outfitter of the stars, was convicted Friday of taking girls as young as 9 across state lines for sex.

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7/24/09 – Alamo guilty on all counts

Texarkana Gazette
July 24, 2009
By: Lynn LaRowe

Alamo guilty on all counts

Tony Alamo has been found guilty of all 10 counts of a federal indictment accusing him of bringing young girls across state lines for sex.

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7/24/09 – VIDEO: Tony Alamo Guilty On All 10 Counts

Today’s THV
July 24, 2009
Posted By: Rebecca Buerkle
Posted By: Charles Crowson
Posted By: Monika Rued

Tony Alamo Guilty On All 10 Counts

GUILTY

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7/24/09 – Jurors convict Tony Alamo in sex-crimes trial

The Washington Post
July 24, 2009
By JON GAMBRELL
The 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.

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7/24/09 – Twitter – Jon Gambrell: Jurors have resumed their deliberations. Lawyers, reporters and television cameramen all waiting at coffee shop across the street.

Twitter
July 24, 2009
JON GAMBRELL

Posted Jul 24, 2009 at 8:59am CST

jongambrellAP: Jurors have resumed their deliberations. Lawyers, reporters and television cameramen all waiting at coffee shop across the street.
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7/24/09 – Arkansas Blog: Waiting for Alamo verdict

Arkansas Times Blog
July 24, 2009
Posted By Max Brantley

Arkansas Blog: Waiting for Alamo verdict

The jury instructions seem critical in the jury’s deliberation of sex crime charges against cult leader Tony Alamo, charged with multiple sexual encounters with children. Was sex the dominant reason he took the minors across a state line, as the law requires for conviction? (The definition of dominant is critical. Was there any reason other than sex that he had his child “wives” along for his journeys?)

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