Evangelist Alamo Gets 175 Years For Underaged Sex
Posted on Friday, 13 of November , 2009 at 6:47 pm
TEXARKANA, AR—Bernie Hoffman, aka Tony Alamo, founder and leader of the Tony Alamo Christian Ministries, has been sentenced to 175 years in federal prison for transporting underaged girls across state lines with the intent to engage in sexual activity.
On July 24, after six days of testimony, a jury found Alamo guilty on all 10 counts of the federal indictment filed against him. 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 includes 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 10 counts which will be served consecutively.
This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse, launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice. Led by U.S. Attorneys’ Offices and the Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to better locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the Internet, as well as to identify and rescue victims of abuse. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.projectsafechildhood.gov. 11-13-09
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