Tony Alamo gets 175 years
Saturday, November 14th, 2009
Our news partner Stephens Media has this breaking news headline on the Texarkana sentencing of evangelist Tony Alamo for taking children across state lines for sex.
Justice Department release:
TEXARKANA – Bernie Hoffman, a/k/a Tony Alamo, founder and leader of the Tony
Alamo Christian Ministries, age 75, was sentenced to 175 years imprisonment today by U.S. District Court Judge Harry F. Barnes in United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas announced U.S. Attorney Deborah Groom. Alamo was convicted this summer of charges that he transported minor girls across state lines with the intent to engage in sexual activity. On July 24, 2009, after six days of testimony, the jury found Alamo guilty on all 10 counts of the federal indictment. During the trial the women testified Alamo had sexual relations with them while they were underage and that they traveled across state lines with Alamo, or at his request, for the purpose of his having sexual relations with them. The sentence included a fine in the amount of $250,000, and special assessments in the amount of $850.00. The sentence represents the maximum sentence on each of the ten counts which will be served consecutively. (more…)
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