A former deep-sea treasure hunter who has served nearly a decade in jail for refusing to disclose the whereabouts of missing gold coins has had that term ended by a federal judge in Ohio, but he will remain behind bars for now. Central America, known as the Ship of Gold, in The gold rush-era ship sank in a hurricane off South Carolina in with thousands of pounds of gold aboard, contributing to an economic panic.
After Thompson failed to appear for a Ohio hearing to discuss the coins, U. He pleaded guilty in April to skipping that hearing and was given the two-year prison sentence.
Federal law generally limits jail time for contempt of court to 18 months. A chilling twist emerged Friday in the death of Adan Manzano, a year-old TV reporter who traveled to cover the Super Bowl but mysteriously died in a hotel room.
A woman allegedly took down an American flag at a California park and replaced it with a Mexican flag before threatening authorities. The man who shot and killed three UNLV professors kept dozens of dresses for sex workers in his apartment and received a startling text message in the aftermath of the mass shooting, according to the Las Vegas Metro police final report released Friday.
Armed robbers took money at gunpoint from a family with a baby in south suburban Will County on Friday night. Canadian man faces additional charges in connection to an assault of a Jewish man, police say. Prosecutors have been given Idaho student murders suspect Bryan Kohberger's medical and mental health records, newly unsealed court documents reveal.
