Molly Conger

So, Frank lied. Obviously. He lied pretty egregiously. He falsified documents, he led U.S. Marshals and the CIA on an international goose chase... And maybe that's why he never got charged for it. That's pretty embarrassing to put on the record. But they did still have that gun charge they'd picked him up on to use as leverage. So they set a sentencing date, but Frank didn't show up.

So, Frank lied. Obviously. He lied pretty egregiously. He falsified documents, he led U.S. Marshals and the CIA on an international goose chase... And maybe that's why he never got charged for it. That's pretty embarrassing to put on the record. But they did still have that gun charge they'd picked him up on to use as leverage. So they set a sentencing date, but Frank didn't show up.

He was trying to skip the country. Again. Remember back in 1976, he got all the way to South Africa after skipping his sentencing date for mail fraud. But this time he was picked up just a few days after he missed court when a motel clerk in Montvale, New Jersey recognized him.

He was trying to skip the country. Again. Remember back in 1976, he got all the way to South Africa after skipping his sentencing date for mail fraud. But this time he was picked up just a few days after he missed court when a motel clerk in Montvale, New Jersey recognized him.

He was trying to skip the country. Again. Remember back in 1976, he got all the way to South Africa after skipping his sentencing date for mail fraud. But this time he was picked up just a few days after he missed court when a motel clerk in Montvale, New Jersey recognized him.

When he was finally dragged in for sentencing, the government said they hoped Frank was going to be able to help them in the Boyce case, but nothing he said was of any use. Frank said he had no choice but to flee the country and start a new life on a cattle ranch in Australia with his wife because the government had reneged on their deal to put him in witness protection.

When he was finally dragged in for sentencing, the government said they hoped Frank was going to be able to help them in the Boyce case, but nothing he said was of any use. Frank said he had no choice but to flee the country and start a new life on a cattle ranch in Australia with his wife because the government had reneged on their deal to put him in witness protection.

When he was finally dragged in for sentencing, the government said they hoped Frank was going to be able to help them in the Boyce case, but nothing he said was of any use. Frank said he had no choice but to flee the country and start a new life on a cattle ranch in Australia with his wife because the government had reneged on their deal to put him in witness protection.

I have to imagine there was some bickering back and forth between an indignant Frank and an exasperated federal prosecutor because in the end, Judge H. Curtis Meaner said, I have neither the time nor the inclination to unravel all of the mysteries in this case. However, they'd all ended up in his courtroom.

I have to imagine there was some bickering back and forth between an indignant Frank and an exasperated federal prosecutor because in the end, Judge H. Curtis Meaner said, I have neither the time nor the inclination to unravel all of the mysteries in this case. However, they'd all ended up in his courtroom.

I have to imagine there was some bickering back and forth between an indignant Frank and an exasperated federal prosecutor because in the end, Judge H. Curtis Meaner said, I have neither the time nor the inclination to unravel all of the mysteries in this case. However, they'd all ended up in his courtroom.

Whatever the convoluted backstory is here, this is a sentencing for illegal possession of a firearm. And that's really all the judge can do that day. So he sentenced Frank to four years. Judge Meener said Frank was an explosive type of individual and that he was dangerous and mentally sick.

Whatever the convoluted backstory is here, this is a sentencing for illegal possession of a firearm. And that's really all the judge can do that day. So he sentenced Frank to four years. Judge Meener said Frank was an explosive type of individual and that he was dangerous and mentally sick.

Whatever the convoluted backstory is here, this is a sentencing for illegal possession of a firearm. And that's really all the judge can do that day. So he sentenced Frank to four years. Judge Meener said Frank was an explosive type of individual and that he was dangerous and mentally sick.

And he urged Frank to take advantage of the opportunity to get psychiatric help while he was in prison this time. And yes, I did say wife. When I first started poking around trying to build my biographical backstory to sort of sketch out a skeleton of this man's life, I found a New Jersey state record for a marriage in August 1981 between a Frank A. Sweeney and a Dina M. Madison in Bergen County.

And he urged Frank to take advantage of the opportunity to get psychiatric help while he was in prison this time. And yes, I did say wife. When I first started poking around trying to build my biographical backstory to sort of sketch out a skeleton of this man's life, I found a New Jersey state record for a marriage in August 1981 between a Frank A. Sweeney and a Dina M. Madison in Bergen County.

And he urged Frank to take advantage of the opportunity to get psychiatric help while he was in prison this time. And yes, I did say wife. When I first started poking around trying to build my biographical backstory to sort of sketch out a skeleton of this man's life, I found a New Jersey state record for a marriage in August 1981 between a Frank A. Sweeney and a Dina M. Madison in Bergen County.

There are other men named Frank Sweeney, obviously, but it was a middle initial match and it's the right county and it was one of the rare months that Frank wasn't in prison. But it didn't seem right, so I set it aside. But this offhand mention at his sentencing hearing about a wife sent me back to it. It is him.

There are other men named Frank Sweeney, obviously, but it was a middle initial match and it's the right county and it was one of the rare months that Frank wasn't in prison. But it didn't seem right, so I set it aside. But this offhand mention at his sentencing hearing about a wife sent me back to it. It is him.

There are other men named Frank Sweeney, obviously, but it was a middle initial match and it's the right county and it was one of the rare months that Frank wasn't in prison. But it didn't seem right, so I set it aside. But this offhand mention at his sentencing hearing about a wife sent me back to it. It is him.