Man pleads guilty

Plea bargain allows trafficker to attend Alamo religious services

By: Jim Williamson - Texarkana Gazette -

Published: 09/03/2008

File photo by Jim Williamson Buster White, right, leaves the federal courthouse Oct. 4, 2007, in Texarkana escorted by an attorney after pleading innocent to federal charges of trafficking in counterfeit merchandise including 1,400 counterfeit Nike shoes at the Great American Outlet Mall. White, 58, entered a guilty plea Tuesday to one count of trafficking in counterfeit musical CDs before U.S. District Judge David Folsom in the Eastern District of Texas, Texarkana division.

A plea bargain for Leslie Ray “Buster” White, charged with trafficking counterfeit Nikes and musical compact discs, will allow him to attend Tony Alamo Ministries religious services in Fouke, Ark.

White, 58, entered a guilty plea Tuesday to one count of trafficking in counterfeit musical CDs before U.S. District Judge David Folsom in the Eastern District of Texas, Texarkana division.

White will return to federal court in 60 to 90 days for formal sentencing by Folsom.

The request to attend the Tony Alamo Ministries religious services was part of the plea barg...

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