Arkansas Democrat Gazette
October 29, 2009
BY ANDY DAVIS
Parents no-shows in Alamo case
A day after a couple who belong to the Tony Alamo Christian Ministries failed to show up for a hearing on the custody status of their children, including a 4-month-old boy, an advocate for the parents said in an interview that she has not heard from the parents and has no idea where they are.
Texarkana Gazette
October 28, 2009
By: Lynn LaRowe
Tony Alamo followers no-show for custody hearing for children
The parents in one family scheduled for custody hearings concerning children of Tony Alamo Christian Ministries members didn’t show for court Tuesday, a court official said.
Arkansas Democrat Gazette
October 28, 2009
BY ANDY DAVIS
On the second day of hearings on the custody status of children who were removed from the Tony Alamo Christian Ministries, a judge admonished attorneys, witnesses and other to abide by his gag order, which bars participants from commenting on the proceedings.
Texarkana Gazette
October 27, 2009
By: Lynn LaRowe
Rain dampens protesters’ effort
As the rain steadily came Monday, the number of sign-carrying protesters outside custody hearings concerning children with parents loyal to Tony Alamo dwindled to just a few.
Texarkana Gazette
October 27, 2009
By: Lynn LaRowe
Alamo defense asks for mercy, cites evangelist’s ‘good works’
A brief submitted Friday by Tony Alamo’s defense team asks the federal judge who will sentence him for child sex abuse to have mercy because of his waning health, age and history of good works around the world.
KXVT
October 27, 2009
The Associated Press
DHS: End parental rights of 2 Alamo followers
The Arkansas Department of Human Services is asking a judge to terminate the parental rights of 2 members of the Tony Alamo Christian Ministries.
Arkansas Democrat Gazette
October 27, 2009
BY ANDY DAVIS
2 Alamo dads said to face loss of children
Arkansas child-welfare officials recommended Monday that the parental rights of two more fathers who are members of the Tony Alamo Christian Ministries be terminated, a move that would clear the men’s children to be put up for adoption, an advocate for the parents said Monday.
Yahoo News
October 26, 2009
By MICHELLE ROBERTS, Associated Press Writer
Jury selection continues in first polygamist trial
ELDORADO, Texas – More than 150 potential jurors, including 10 women in prairie dresses and braids, crammed into a makeshift courtroom Monday as jury selection began in the first criminal trial stemming from the raid of a polygamist sect’s ranch last year.
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Texarkana Gazette
October 23, 2009
By: Lynn LaRowe
The last time a former Alamo Ministries member saw her three young children, they were with fugitive John Kolbek and his wife, Jennifer.
Texarkana Gazette
October 23, 2009
By: Lynn LaRowe
Judge taps Kolbek for $3 million in damages
John Kolbek, fugitive associate of Tony Alamo, owes $3 million to two men who were brutally beaten by him as children, a federal judge ruled Thursday.
Arkansas Democrat Gazette
October 23, 2009
BY ANDY DAVIS
Fugitive in Alamo case told to pay 2
Beaten teens get $3 million award
Calling the abuse that two former members of the Tony Alamo Christian Ministries say they endured “almost beyond my comprehension,” a judge Thursday entered a default judgment against a fugitive described as the ministry’s disciplinarian and ordered him to pay the two teenagers $3 million in damages.
Pine Bluff Commercial
October 22, 2009
By JON GAMBRELL
The Associated Press
$3M awarded in suit against alleged Alamo enforcer
The alleged enforcer of evangelist Tony Alamo must pay $3 million in restitution to two boys he’s believed to have beaten bloody on the preacher’s behalf and left haunted for life, a federal judge ruled Thursday.
Texarkana Gazette
October 22, 2009
By: Lynn LaRowe
Two former Alamo followers awarded $3 million in judgement for abuse
A federal judge awarded a total of $3 million to two former Tony Alamo followers in a civil suit against fugitive John Kolbek following a hearing this morning.
Texarkana Gazette
October 21, 2009
By: Lynn LaRowe
Courts: Officials give Alamo follower a second look
High-ranking member may have failed to report assets while filing for bankruptcy
KFSM – Fort Smith; Fayetteville, Arkansas
October 21, 2009
By Associated Press
Bankruptcy court reopens case of Tony Alamo follower to look for possible assets
A bankruptcy judge has agreed to reopen the closed Oklahoma bankruptcy case of a member of Tony Alamo Christian Ministries.
Texarkana Gazette
October 9, 2009
By: Lynn LaRowe
Alamo to answer questions on alleged battery, conspiracy
Tony Alamo will have to answer questions during the pretrial proceedings in a civil lawsuit filed by two men who claim they were beaten at his direction as children.
Texarkana Gazette
October 7, 2009
By: Lynn LaRowe
Tony Alamo to be sentenced on Nov. 13
Convicted child sex abuser Tony Alamo will be sentenced next month on Friday the 13th.
Texarkana Gazette
October 6, 2009
By: Lynn LaRowe
Tony Alamo’s sentencing for child sex abuse crimes has been reset to Nov. 13 by a federal judge.
Alamo, 75, was convicted by a jury July 24 n the Texarkana Division of the Western District of Arkansasof all 10 counts in an indictment accusing him of bringing young girls acro ss state lines for sex between 1994 and 2005.
Texarkana Gazette
October 5, 2009
By: Lynn LaRowe
DHS: Wanting to remove child from parents not retaliation
Accusations that an Arkansas Department of Human Services petition to remove an infant born to Tony Alamo Christian Ministries members in June was filed in retaliation can’t be true, according to a document filed Friday by the DHS.
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