Texarkana Gazette
November 11, 2009
By: Lynn LaRowe
Follower faces allegations of bankruptcy fraud
A bankruptcy court wants a high-ranking member of Tony Alamo Christian Ministries to produce financial and property documents by the end of the month.
Texarkana Gazette
November 14, 2009
Major events since the public became aware of the government’s most recent investigation of Tony Alamo and his controversial ministry.
Texarkana Gazette
November 14, 2009
By: Lynn LaRowe
Alamo receives 175 years in jail
Defense pleads for ‘more humane’ sentence for client
Arkansas Democrat Gazette
November 14, 2009
By Andy Davis
Alamo, 75, gets 175 years
Evangelist ‘wed’ girls young as 8
Alamo being led from the courthouse after being sentenced to 175 years
KFSM – Fort Smith
November 13, 2009
Kate Luck
Former Alamo Follower Says Alamo Sentence Is No Justice
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Chicago Tribune
November 13, 2009
By JON GAMBRILL Associated Press Writer
Judge sentences evangelist to 175 years in child sex case, says ‘greater judge’ will also rule
Arkansas Democrat Gazette
November 13, 2009
By Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Staff and Wire Reports
Alamo sentenced to 175 years for sex convictions
A federal judge sentenced evangelist Tony Alamo to 175 years in prison Friday following his conviction in July of 10 counts of taking underage girls across state lines for sex.
The Village Voice
November 13, 2009
By Julia
Pedophile Evangelist Tony Alamo Sentenced to 175 Years
Creepy “preacher”/polygamous serial child molestation advocate Tony Alamo was, as predicted, sentenced today to 175 years for taking his underaged “brides” across state lines for sex.
KTBS
November 13, 2009
Alamo gets maximum 175-year sentence
TEXARKANA — Evangelist Tony Alamo was sentenced today to the maximum 175 years in prison for taking underage girls in his church across state lines for sex and making them his “brides.”
Texarkana Gazette
November 13, 2009
By: Lynn LaRowe
A federal judge sentenced evangelist Tony Alamo to the maximum number of years on his conviction related to transporting young girls across state line for immoral purposes. He received 175 years.
Associated Press
November 13, 2009
JON GAMBRELL
Child ‘brides’ testify at evangelist’s sentencing
TEXARKANA, Ark. (AP) – Three women who Tony Alamo took as child “brides” have testified at Alamo’s sentencing hearing about the damage the convicted evangelist did to them and their families.
Texarkana Gazette
November 13, 2009
By: Lynn LaRowe
Alamo sentencing today: Separate hearing set for victim restitution issues
The amount of restitution Tony Alamo owes to the young girls he took as child brides won’t be decided this morning at his federal sentencing on sex abuse charges in downtown Texarkana.
Texarkana Gazette
November 13, 2009
By: Lynn LaRowe
Alamo delivered for sentencing
About 6:40 a.m. today, a caravan of federal marshals delivered Tony Alamo to the federal courthouse for his sentencing hearing on 10 child sex abuse convictions in downtown Texarkana.
The Dallas Morning News
November 13, 2009
By JON GAMBRELL – Associated Press
Victims Set To Testify At Evangelist’s Sentencing
Several of the child “wives” that helped convict evangelist Tony Alamo of federal sex charges will return to the witness stand Friday.
CBS News
November 12, 2009
BY JON GAMBRELL (AP)
Will Followers Still Obey Evangelist From Prison?
Evangelist Tony Alamo controlled his followers from behind bars for years when he was in prison for tax evasion. Even as he awaited trial on child-sex charges over the past year, he had sufficient power to warn a young follower who questioned an order not to cross him.
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New York Times
November 6, 2009
By JAMES C. McKINLEY Jr.
Polygamist Sect Leader Convicted of Sexual Assault
ELDORADO, Tex. — One of the leaders of a polygamist sect was convicted Thursday night of sexually assaulting an under-age girl whom the church elders had assigned to him as one of his nine wives.
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Texarkana Gazette
November 4, 2009
By: Lynn LaRowe
Government files notice in Alamo case
The government has filed a notice in Tony Alamo’s criminal case that three of the five women who testified he’d wed them as children want to give victim impact testimony at his sentencing hearing next week.
Arkansas Democrat Gazette
November 4, 2009
3 ask to weigh in on Alamo
Court told that ‘wives’ want to speak at his sentencing
Three women whom evangelist Tony Alamo is accused of taking as “wives” at young ages and transporting across state lines have asked to speak at his sentencing hearing next week.
