HOUSTON (AP) — The first person arrested in the BP oil spill is being released on $100,000 bail.
The former BP engineer, Kurt Mix, is accused of deleting more than 300 text messages about the amount of oil flowing from the blown-out well and the company’s failed attempts to plug the gusher in 2010.
Mix appeared before a judge in Houston, shackled at his hands and feet. He said very little during the hearing, answering routine questions about the obstruction of justice charges he faces.
The judge told him that if convicted, he could face up to 20 years in prison.
An attorney for Mix declined to comment after the hearing.
Related posts:
Pond drowning: Grandmother, 71, and grandson, 6, died 'feeding ducks'
New nuclear missile built by India so they can intimidate rival China and hit Beijing completes test...
Unsealed Court Records Confirm that RIAA Delays Were Behind Year-Long Seizure of Hip Hop Music Blog
Britain plans new embassies in booming Asia
Facebook hit with another class action suit, this time over IPO debacle
Drone Used To Spy On Miami Partygoers