Evangelist Tony Alamo sentenced to 175 years in federal prison for child sex convictions
Evangelist sentenced to 175 years for sex crimes Judge denies new trial for evangelist Alamo, says proceedings in sex-crimes case were fairTEXARKANA, Ark. — A federal judge in Arkansas has denied evangelist Tony Alamo’s request for a new trial on child-sex charges. Experts say targeting parents in Arkansas evangelist’s sex-crimes trial a tricky questionTEXARKANA, Ark. — One by one, the women told the court a similar story. They were “married” to evangelist Tony Alamo as children or teens, pushed into the unions with the blessings of parents who believed it was the highest honor before God. Jurors debating preacher’s sex-crimes case pause to pose questions to federal judgeTEXARKANA, Ark. — Jurors took a pair of breaks from their deliberations at the sex-crimes trial of evangelist Tony Alamo on Thursday so they could pose questions to the federal judge presiding over the case. Jurors debating preacher’s sex-crimes case pause to pose 2 questions to federal judgeTEXARKANA, Ark. — Jurors took a break from deliberations at the sex-crimes trial of evangelist Tony Alamo on Thursday so they could pose two questions to the federal judge presiding over the case. Jurors in Arkansas to start deliberating sex-crime charges against evangelistTEXARKANA, Ark. — Jurors are set to begin weighing the child-sex charges against jailed evangelist Tony Alamo. Witness says pastor asked, ‘Do you think I’m a dirty old man?’ as girl rubbed his thighsTEXARKANA, Ark. — A former follower of evangelist Tony Alamo told federal jurors at his sex-crimes trial Monday that the preacher lashed out at her when she grimaced at the sight of a 9-year-old girl rubbing his thighs. Inside Alamo’s compound: Making jackets for celebrities, filling out forms to request clothesTEXARKANA, Ark. — In the years after evangelist Tony Alamo took the 14-year-old girl as a bride, she said, she caught glimpses of her father on the surveillance cameras that fed into the minister’s office. Woman ‘married’ to pastor Alamo admits hating him, says she’s trying to protect younger sisterTEXARKANA, Ark. — A woman who said evangelist Tony Alamo had sexually abused her since she was 8 acknowledged to jurors Friday that she hates him, but said the reason she agreed to testify was because she is afraid he will molest her little sister. Woman ‘married’ at age 8 says minister Alamo often cut up the explicit pictures he tookTEXARKANA, Ark. — A woman who says she was “married” to evangelist Tony Alamo at age 8 testified at his sex-crimes trial Friday that the minister likely cut into tiny pieces the explicit photos of her he took of her around that time. Woman who says pastor ‘married’ her at age 8 to retake stand in federal sex crimes trialTEXARKANA, Ark. — A 9-year-old girl was considered too young to answer the office phone at evangelist Tony Alamo’s compound, but old enough for frequent sex with the ministry leader, she alleged at his federal trial on child-sex charges. Woman who was evangelist’s 8-year-old ‘wife’ says he began having sex with her when she was 9TEXARKANA, Ark. — A woman who said evangelist Tony Alamo “married” her at age 8 is telling federal jurors that he sexually assaulted her repeatedly until she escaped his compound in late 2006. Texas woman says evangelist Alamo joked about taking underage bride on road for sexTEXARKANA, Ark. — A Texas woman who formerly followed evangelist Tony Alamo told a federal jury Thursday that the minister often joked about taking an underage girl with him on the road as a wife and sex partner. More women set to testify that jailed Ark. evangelist Tony Alamo took them as underage bridesTEXARKANA, Ark. — More women are scheduled to take the stand Thursday to accuse jailed evangelist Tony Alamo of taking them as underage brides. Witness says she needed no help in deciding that pastor who married 8-year-old was ‘a demon’TEXARKANA, Ark. — A woman who says she was a child bride of evangelist Tony Alamo told jurors Wednesday that the minister had so many partners that he had to schedule when he would have sex with them. Witness says evangelist claimed ‘The Lord told me’ to sexually abuse 8-year-old girlTEXARKANA, Ark. — A woman who says she was a child bride of evangelist Tony Alamo told jurors Wednesday that the minister had so many partners that he had to schedule when he would have sex with them. 3rd-generation Alamo follower: Pastor segregated children by gender, fully controlled compoundTEXARKANA, Ark. — A woman whose parents and grandparents followed evangelist Tony Alamo testified at his sex-crime trial Wednesday that “Papa Tony” segregated children by gender to prevent “hanky-panky” and controlled everything at his religious compound. Prosecutors claim evangelist on trial for sex crimes ‘married’ 8-year-old girlTEXARKANA, Ark. — Evangelist Tony Alamo preyed on his loyal followers’ young daughters, once taking a girl as young as 8 as his bride and repeatedly sexually assaulting her, a federal prosecutor said Tuesday. Judge: Prosecutors can’t discuss ‘polygamy’ at trial of jailed evangelist Tony AlamoTEXARKANA, Ark. — Prosecutors won’t be able to mention polygamy at the trial of jailed evangelist Tony Alamo, a federal judge ruled Monday. Prosecutors: Jailed evangelist Tony Alamo ‘married’ underage girls, gave them ringsTEXARKANA, Ark. — Federal prosecutors say jailed evangelist Tony Alamo (uh-LAH’-moh) “married” underage girls he had allegedly had sex with, exchanging wedding vows and giving them rings. Tyson Foods ordered to pay $500,000 and serve year on probation for worker deathTEXARKANA, Ark. — Tyson Foods was sentenced in federal court Friday to pay a $500,000 fine and serve a year on probation for the death of a Texarkana worker overcome by poisonous fumes at a rendering plant. |
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