article_snippet.sent: Tommy Thompson has agreed to go to prison rather than reveal details about the valuable haul Tommy Thompson recovered from the SS Central America.
article_snippet.sent: Tommy Thompson, left, and girlfriend Alison Antekeier, 42, have both admitted contempt of court in Columbus, Ohio .
article_snippet.sent: Columbus attorney Rick Robol, who at one time defended Thompson's company, said there was no proof Tommy Thompson stole anything.
article_snippet.sent: Tommy Thompson and Tommy Thompson girlfriend, Alison Antekeier, 42, failed to appear in court in 2012 and abandoned Thompson and his girlfriend, Alison Antekeier, 42 Florida mansion.
article_snippet.sent: Tommy Thompson and Antekeir were arrested in January after U.S. marshals tracked Thompson and Antekeir down to the Boco Raton Hotel in Florida.
article_snippet.sent: Thompson and Antekeir were said to have been staying there for more than a year and using fake names, according to the U.S. Marshals. '
article_snippet.sent: Tommy Thompson was smart — perhaps one of the smartest fugitives ever sought by the U.S. Marshals, along with almost limitless resources and approximately a 10-year head start,' U.S. Marshal Michael Tobin said when the pair were found.
article_snippet.sent: Tommy Thompson is said to be facing no more than two years in custody after Tommy Thompson agreed to hand over $435,380 in cash that was found with the couple, the newspaper reported.
article_snippet.sent: But under the deal Tommy Thompson will not have to testify about the gold haul Tommy Thompson discovered in the historic shipwreck.
article_snippet.sent: Assistant U.S. Attorney Douglas Squires recommended Antekeier serve no prison time.
article_snippet.sent: Tommy Thompson was remanded into custody ahead of sentencing, but Tommy Thompson girlfriend was released on bail.
highlights_snippet.sent: Tommy Thompson, 62, led an 1988 expedition to the SS Central America .
  