FEDERAL OFFICIALS ARRESTED TODAY A CULT LEADER WANTED IN ARKANSAS FOR THREATENING A JUDGE AND OTHER CHARGES.56-OLD TONY FERNANDO ALAMO WAS ARRESTED WITHOUT INCIDENT AT HIS TAMPA RESIDENCE. ALAMO WAS ARRESTED BY DEPUTIES FROM THE U-S MARSHALS SERVICE AND TAMPA POLICE.ALAMO IS BEING HELD IN THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY JAIL IN TAMPA.AUTHORITIES SAID ALAMO HEADED THE SCATTERED CHARISMATIC RELIGIOUS SECT KNOWN AS THE TONY AND SUSAN ALAMO FOUNDATION.ALAMO WAS WANTED BY THE FBI AND THE MARSHALS SERVICE ON CHARGES OF THREATENING A FEDERAL JUDGE, UNLAWFUL INTERSTATE FLIGHT TO AVOID PROSECUTION FOR CHILD ABUSE AND CIVIL CONTEMPT OF COURT. THE CHARGES WERE FILED IN FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS.THE SEARCH FOR ALAMO WAS FEATURED ON SEVERAL NETWORK TELEVISION SHOWS... INCLUDING ``60 MINUTES.''

TONY FERNANDO ALAMO IS EXPECTED TO APPEAR IN FEDERAL COURT IN TAMPA TODAY AFTER BEING ARRESTED EARLIER IN THE MONTH FOR THREATENING A JUDGE IN ARKANSAS AND OTHER CHARGES. 56-OLD ALAMO WAS ARRESTED WITHOUT INCIDENT AT HIS TAMPA RESIDENCE LAST FRIDAY BY DEPUTIES FROM THE U-S MARSHALS SERVICE AND TAMPA POLICE. ALAMO HAS BEEN HELD IN THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY JAIL IN TAMPA AND IS EXPECTED TO BE RETURNED TO ARKANSAS AFTER TODAY'S COURT APPEARANCE. AUTHORITIES SAID ALAMO HEADED THE SCATTERED CHARISMATIC RELIGIOUS SECT KNOWN AS THE TONY AND SUSAN ALAMO FOUNDATION. ALAMO WAS WANTED BY THE FBI AND THE MARSHALS SERVICE ON CHARGES OF THREATENING A FEDERAL JUDGE UNLAWFUL INTERSTATE FLIGHT TO AVOID PROSECUTION FOR CHILD ABUSE AND CIVIL CONTEMPT OF COURT. THE CHARGES WERE FILED IN FORT SMITH ARKANSAS. THE SEARCH FOR ALAMO WAS FEATURED ON SEVERAL NETWORK TELEVISION SHOWS...INCLUDING ``60 MINUTES.''