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Evangelist Tony Alamo found guilty

Jul. 24, 2009
A jury in Arkansas convicted evangelist Tony Alamo on Friday of 10 federal counts of taking minors across state lines for sex, according to the court in the Western District in Arkansas.
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Dec. 4 (UPI) -- Six children in Indiana associated with the Tony Alamo Christian Ministries have been taken into custody, Arkansas child welfare officials said.

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TEXARKANA, Ark., Dec. 3 (UPI) -- Evangelist Tony Alamo sexually molested an underage girl while he was completing a prison term in a halfway house, federal prosecutors in Arkansas allege.

Children seized from evangelist's compound

TEXARKANA, Texas, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- Arkansas has taken custody of 37 children living at a Christian evangelist's compound, including 17 seized as they were driven away.

Tony Alamo waives extradition to Arkansas

LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Sept. 26 (UPI) -- Tony Alamo, the Arkansas evangelist charged with abusing teenage girls, waived extradition Friday during a brief appearance in federal court in Arizona.

6 children removed from Alamo compound

FOUKE, Ark., Sept. 21 (UPI) -- American preacher Tony Alamo denies any pornography activities at his church's Arkansas compound where authorities removed six children.

Penn State to play in Alamo Bowl

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Iowa to play in Alamo Bowl

SAN ANTONIO, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- Iowa, only 6-6, will represent the Big Ten Conference in the 2006 Alamo Bowl to be played in San Antonio on Dec. 30.

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