Logan Air Traffic Controller convicted of lying
 

The ironic part, to me, is the case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney's Major Crime Unit.

BOSTON, Aug. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- A Logan air traffic controller was
sentenced yesterday in federal court in connection to his May trial conviction
for making false statements about previous OUI convictions on a form he was
required to submit each year to the Federal Aviation Administration to remain
certified for his job.
United States Attorney Michael J. Sullivan and Theodore L. Doherty,
Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Department of Transportation, Office of
the Inspector General in New England, announced that RONALD MYLES HATCH, II,
age 49, of Lynnfield, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Rya W. Zobel to 2
years of probation and a $500 fine. HATCH was convicted by a trial jury on
May 19, 2004 of five counts of using a false document knowing it to contain a
false statement.
Evidence presented during the three-day trial proved that each year from
1999 through 2003, HATCH made false statements on his annual Federal Aviation
Administration medical certification form by stating that there was no change
in his conviction history for driving while under the influence. In fact,
HATCH had been convicted on two occasions for driving while under the
influence, in May of 1983 and July 1995, that he had not disclosed to the FAA.
There was no evidence presented during the trial that HATCH was impaired
while working as an air traffic controller.
The case was investigated by the U.S. Department of Transportation's
Office of the Inspector General with assistance from the Federal Aviation
Administration. It was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Sandra S. Bower
in Sullivan's Major Crimes Unit.