James Hammes

Jun 24, 2016

Judge sentences trail-hiking fugitive to 8 years in prison

A federal judge cited the defendant's "sheer greed" and damage to his family on Wednesday as she ordered an eight-year prison sentence for a Kentucky accountant who spent most of six years as a fugitive in an $8.7 million embezzlement case roaming the Appalachian Trail.

Jun 3, 2016

Lawyers: Appalachian Trail was client’s ‘road to redemption’

Attorneys for a Kentucky accountant who embezzled $8.7 million before going on the run said Friday that hiking the Appalachian Trail for six years as a fugitive put him on "the road to redemption."

Jun 2, 2016

Feds seek 7-year term for Milwaukee-native fugitive

Federal prosecutors said Wednesday they want a prison term of more than seven years for an embezzling accountant from Kentucky who spent six years as a fugitive, much of it hiking the Appalachian Trail.