Teresa has been a regular unrestricted visitor to the station in her role as an official member of the federally-mandated and sanctioned LAB. It is her legal responsibility as a member of the LAB to advise on the policies and programming of the station. When she stopped by KPFT tonight, Teresa was denied entrance and was blocked from entering physically by Molly O'Brien. Teresa Allen was then arrested for criminal trespass by Houston police at Ms. O'Brien's urging.

Teresa spent a night in detention (and in good spirits) at the Harris Country Jail, Houston and was released this morning (10/7/01). Court appearance is set for Friday October 12th. Charges may be either "criminal mischief" or "criminal trespass".

The woman pressing these charges, Ms. O'Brien, is the wife of station manager Garland Ganter. Ms O'Brien was formerly Development Director at KPFT but has since left the station's employ and was not a KPFT employee at the time of her actions of 10/6/01. This is the second time that Molly O'Brien Ganter has forced the arrest of a KPFT listener. Ms O'Brien did the same thing in 3/01 when she and her husband (manager Garland Ganter) pressed two assault charges against KPFT listener, Edwin Johnston. Both of these charges were thrown out of court for lack of evidence.

KPFT is a listener-sponsored, non-commercial radio station and a member of the 5-station Pacifica Radio Network that is currently being sued by its listeners in 4 different lawsuits for violations of its non-profit charter, financial malfeasance and illegal personnel actions.

At this time, KPFT is currently in the middle of its fall fund drive and has aired numerous recordings promoting the station as "community radio; a station of its listeners". It seems a patent contradiction that while the station is presenting one face on-air, the wife of the station manager (with no official status at KPFT) is having its listeners (and a member of its federally-mandated advisory board) arrested.