A search warrant for Tony Alamo Christian Ministries based on years-old information wasn’t “fatally stale” because pedophiles typically keep incriminating photos of their victims for a long time, according to a document filed Thursday by the U.S. Government.

“Several courts have adopted the proposition that pedophiles typically demonstrate the propensity to hoard and collect items of child pornography,” said the government’s response to a defense motion to suppress evidence collected during a September 2008 raid of ministry property in Fouke, Ark.

Tony Alamo’s defense ...

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