COLUMBUS: A federal judge in Ohio has ordered marshals to arrest a second fugitive in a shipwreck salvaging case.
The Columbus Dispatch reports that the judge declared 45-year-old Alison Antekeier a fugitive Wednesday after she didn’t show up for a hearing in U.S. District Court.
She was ordered to be in court in Columbus to answer questions in a federal lawsuit against shipwreck salvager Tommy Thompson.
Authorities have been searching for the 60-year-old Thompson since August.
More than two decades ago, Thompson and his crew located and retrieved millions of dollars in gold bars and coins from a ship that sank off the North Carolina coast. Wednesday’s situation stemmed from a lawsuit by seamen who claim they’re entitled to some of the treasure.
