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walkswithblackflies Trail Wise! Resident terrorist-supporting eco-freak bootlicker Posts: 6,952	Man arrested for embezzlement after hiding 6 years on A.T. Sept 21, 2015 12:13:37 GMT -8 Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by walkswithblackflies on Sept 21, 2015 12:13:37 GMT -8 In case any of you ran across James T. "Bismarck" Hammes www.syracuse.com/us-news/index.ssf/2015/09/james_hammes_arrested_embezzlement_appalachian_trail_bismarck.html#incart_river
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FamilySherpa Trail Wise! Tangled up in Rhododendron Posts: 1,791	Man arrested for embezzlement after hiding 6 years on A.T. Sept 21, 2015 12:20:25 GMT -8 Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by FamilySherpa on Sept 21, 2015 12:20:25 GMT -8 wasn't this story in Backpacker mag a few months back?

Deleted Deleted Member Posts: 0	Man arrested for embezzlement after hiding 6 years on A.T. Sept 21, 2015 12:23:39 GMT -8 Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Deleted on Sept 21, 2015 12:23:39 GMT -8 . . . charges that he embezzled nearly $9 million from his Ohio-based employer. . . Gosh, I didn't realize it was that expensive to hike the AT.

walkswithblackflies Trail Wise! Resident terrorist-supporting eco-freak bootlicker Posts: 6,952	Man arrested for embezzlement after hiding 6 years on A.T. Sept 21, 2015 12:28:26 GMT -8 tigger likes this Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by walkswithblackflies on Sept 21, 2015 12:28:26 GMT -8 Sept 21, 2015 12:20:25 GMT -8 FamilySherpa said: wasn't this story in Backpacker mag a few months back? Could be. News takes awhile to reach Syracuse.
	Hundreds of years from now, it will not matter what my bank account was, the sort of house I lived in, or the kind of car I drove... But the world may be different because I did something so bafflingly crazy that my ruins become a tourist attraction.

1camper Trail Wise! Posts: 366	Man arrested for embezzlement after hiding 6 years on A.T. Sept 21, 2015 14:26:32 GMT -8 Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by 1camper on Sept 21, 2015 14:26:32 GMT -8 Ya, he was arrested at trail days last year...trail seems to have been kinda rough on him. Went in looking like Peter Scolari, came out looking like Jerry Garcia.
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Man arrested for embezzlement after hiding 6 years on A.T. Sept 21, 2015 19:58:11 GMT -8 via mobile

Post by High Sierra Fan on Sept 21, 2015 19:58:11 GMT -8

Sept 21, 2015 12:28:26 GMT -8 walkswithblackflies said:

Sept 21, 2015 12:20:25 GMT -8 FamilySherpa said:

wasn't this story in Backpacker mag a few months back?

Could be. News takes awhile to reach Syracuse.

His trial being scheduled for next month probably just happened and that triggered the AP to put the story over the wire.

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Man arrested for embezzlement after hiding 6 years on A.T. Sept 21, 2015 21:19:15 GMT -8 rebeccad and hikingtiger like this

Post by BigLoad on Sept 21, 2015 21:19:15 GMT -8

Sept 21, 2015 12:28:26 GMT -8 walkswithblackflies said:

Could be. News takes awhile to reach Syracuse.

I hear Spring is just around the corner there. Winter can't be far behind.

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