Bondsman Richard Hugh, 54, of Sparta, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 18 months in federal prison without parole. Hugh was convicted of intercepting the telephone communications of a Springfield resident without permission. Hugh placed the phone tap on the victim’s telephone line in December 2005 in an attempt to get information that would help him locate Basil Minor, who was a fugitive in a Lawrence County, Mo., circuit court case. Hugh recorded conversations from that telephone from Dec. 13 to 24, 2005, using equipment he purchased at Radio Shack.
Hugh’s bail license expired last September. There are no pending disciplinary actions against him at this time.
US Attorney’s Press Release
Hugh Found Guilty of Wire-tapping
Hugh on Trial
Thursday, December 20, 2007
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