6 minors in Ark. custody after raid on compound (UALR Public Radio) - An Arkansas State Police spokesman says six children have been placed in temporary state custody after a raid in a child-abuse investigation at an evangelical compound in southwest Arkansas.

State police spokesman Bill Sadler said the children will be in the custody of the state Department of Human Services as federal and state police interviews are conducted. Sadler offered no timeline on how long the interviews would last.

More than 100 federal and state police Saturday raided the Tony Alamo Christian Ministries in the rural town of Fouke as part of a two-year investigation into child-abuse and pornography allegations against convicted tax evader Tony Alamo.

Sadler says that if there is a long-term separation of the children from the Alamo property, a local court will decide on the status of the children.

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