Ok, just saw your home made emoji, not sure if that was a sarcastic furrowed brow?
Ok, just saw your home made emoji, not sure if that was a sarcastic furrowed brow?
Feds Seek 7-Year Term For Appalachian Trail-Hiking Fugitive
LEX18 Lexington KY News
CINCINNATI (AP) - Federal prosecutors want a prison term of more than seven years for an embezzling accountant from Kentucky who spent much of his six years as a fugitive hiking the Appalachian Trail. James Hammes pleaded guilty last year to wire fraud ...and more »
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It may be because living a life on the run is hard work. Leaving a previous life behind is no easy task. Most try to reenter or recontact to something from their past lives. Humans are social creatures of familiarity. It may be in the end it shows that he does have a conscious, was possibly coming around to atonement, and wanted the charade to end but couldn't personally bring himself to task to turn himself in wanting to prolong it for just awhile longer knowing he faced a lengthy prison sentence. Maybe, he was getting tired of running and subconsciously wanted to get caught so got complacent. Even IF he had $9 million that kind of money still is no guarantee of slipping through the cracks when the FBI is after you for murder, $9 million embezzlement, and the circumstances in which this happened over 10 yrs. Then, he runs. That's one of the biggest insults to the judicial system it does not take lightly. The FBI goes into predator prey mode AND they are good at catching people who don't want to be caught.
In 7 yrs maybe we'll see a book, 'How I Escaped to the Appalachian Trail for 6 yrs: Memoirs of a Reformed Embezzler'
Wonder how many times around the prison yard track equals 2170 miles?
Judging or trying anyone based solely on media and second hand LE accounts is ridiculously biased.
Seriously, hope the hiking experiences helped him gain some clarity of how he gets this behind him. He has a lot to answer for.
Supposedly the Sundance Kid writing a letter back home to his family is what tipped off the Pinkerton's and led him and Butch Cassidy to having to leave their peaceful ranch life in Argentina and their eventual fate in Bolivia.
The road to glory cannot be followed with much baggage.
Richard Ewell, CSA General
Ah, I had missed that Mississippi detail. I was curious to see no comment on this thread from BJ and wondered if some sort of warning bells went off in his fine-tuned brain...He of all hikers woud have had many opportunities to cross paths with Bismark over his 6 year fugitive oddysey.
I think every "community" acts like a small community.
I lived in three major cities, so far. Everyone knew everyone, unless you were preoccupied and never looked around. The coffee shops, the grocery stores, the bus lines, the neighborhoods.. even the tourist areas (they're new).
It was surprising.
I don't think it is possible to be annonymous.
I think a criminal would have to be where it seems "no one cares" however, I have noticed "the predators" close in for some action, or, to get-in on the action, or, if any comes along are you included.
I was led to believe I was a protected witness (San Francisco Justice Department) after I was a crime victim: move right now, pay cash, do not register to vote, no library card, driver's license.. do things differently (no recognizable habits, hobby interests, or habitual "schedule" for your day or week).
Pay cash? That gets attention.
Just try it, for everything, all the time.
I did get a driver's license in a state, that required a subpoena to get your information.
He gets 8 years in prison.
http://www.kentucky.com/latest-news/...e85286532.html
The article was updated with additional details: http://www.kentucky.com/news/local/c...e85364822.html
I took a hike once, and I didn't even feel bad about it.