by professorpan » Wed Aug 24, 2005 6:59 am
News about the evidence found in the infamous storage shed, and some intriguing information about buried refrigerators and a CD copying setup.<br><br>And the swords, of course, are clearly collector's items, and not linked to occult rituals in any way...<br><br>I'd really love to see that list of evidence for myself. Whatever happened to the bags of costumes, I wonder?<br><br>--<br><br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.2theadvocate.com/stories/082405/sub_church001.shtml">www.2theadvocate.com/stor...h001.shtml</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br>Church case documents say weapons confiscated <br>By BOB ANDERSON<br>banderson@theadvocate.com<br>Florida parishes bureau<br><br>AMITE -- Guns, ammunition, several swords, a crossbow pistol and more than 25 knives showed up in a search involving the Hosanna Church investigation, according to documents prosecutors provided to the defense Tuesday.<br><br>Detectives found the cache of weapons at a storage facility during an investigation of allegations of sexual abuse of children at the Hammond church, the records indicate.<br><br>Computer equipment was confiscated from the church in a separate search, the documents show.<br><br>Nine people, some of whom lived on church property, have been arrested in connection with the child rape investigation.<br><br>During Tuesday's court appearance answering a discovery request by the defense, prosecutor Don Wall provided the documents, but did not comment on what significance the confiscated items might have.<br><br>He said neither he nor investigators have had a chance to go through all of the material confiscated in the searches to determine which items may have "evidentiary value."<br><br>Though most of the items inventoried from the mini storage facility are weapons-related, the list also includes American Flag pins and "ministry pamphlets."<br><br>In the search of the church, authorities confiscated computers and related data storage devices that may have been used for making copies, the documents say.<br><br>"One of these (computer) towers could be described as a copying station due to the multiple number of CD units it contains," an affidavit states.<br><br>One of the affidavits for a search warrant cites statements from the church's minister, Louis David Lamonica, in which he talks of pictures being taken of children during sex acts in the church's "youth room."<br><br>It also states that further information indicated that refrigerators containing unknown items "may have been buried on the grounds of the Hosanna Church."<br><br>Authorities said those refrigerators have since been dug up from the grounds of the now closed church. They contained nothing.<br><br>The weapons were found in a search of a Hammond storage facility rented under the name of "Trich Pierson," according to the documents.<br><br>Patricia Pierson, one of the people accused in the case, appeared briefly in court late Tuesday. The 54-year-old blonde woman said nothing as attorneys discussed discovery before Judge Bruce Bennett of 21st Judicial District Court.<br><br>Pierson has pleaded not guilty to two counts of aggravated rape of a juvenile. <p></p><i></i>
