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internet marketing TEXARKANA, Ark. — Tony Alamo, a one-time street preacher who built a multimillion-dollar ministry and became an outfitter of the stars, was convicted yesterday of taking girls as young as 9 across state lines for sex. Alamo stood silent as the verdict was read, a contrast to his occasional mutterings during...
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JON GAMBRELL The Associated Press TEXARKANA, Ark. – 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. Alamo stood silently as the verdict was read, a contrast to his occasional...
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Distributed by Press Release EMAIL ARTICLE PRINT ARTICLE TEXARKANA, Ark. (Map) – TEXARKANA, Ark., July 24 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Bernie Hoffman, aka Tony Alamo, founder and leader of the Tony Alamo Christian Ministries, age 74, was convicted today by a jury in the U.S. District Court in the Western District of Arkansas, of charges that...
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JON GAMBRELL The Associated Press TEXARKANA, Ark. – 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. The jury of nine men and three women...
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JON GAMBRELL The Associated Press TEXARKANA, Ark. – 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. The jury of nine men and three women...
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JON GAMBRELL The Associated Press TEXARKANA, Ark. – A federal jury has convicted evangelist Tony Alamo on charges he took underage girls across state lines for sex. The jury issued its judgment Friday in federal court in Texarkana. The jury found the 74-year-old Alamo guilty of all 10 counts he faced. The indictment accused...
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JON GAMBRELL The Associated Press TEXARKANA, Ark. – Jurors are set to deliberate child-sex charges against jailed evangelist Tony Alamo for a second day. They’re due early Friday at the Texarkana federal courthouse where they’ve already spent 8 1/2 hours discussing the 10-count federal indictment against the 74-year-old Alamo. Jurors have paused twice to...
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TEXARKANA, 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. Their parents had been taught that Alamo was infallible, and with...
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