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October 13, 2006 · about 20 years ago

Ship captain convicted in deadly Mobile port accident

A federal jury today convicted a ship captain of criminal misconduct in a deadly docks crane collapse on Mobile’s waterfront. Wolfgang Schroder, 58, was convicted in U.S. District Court of misconduct in the March 2 accident at the Alabama State Docks container facility. At sentencing in February, Sc

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A federal jury today convicted a ship captain of criminal misconduct in a deadly docks crane collapse on Mobile’s waterfront.

Wolfgang Schroder, 58, was convicted in U.S. District Court of misconduct in the March 2 accident at the Alabama State Docks container facility. At sentencing in February, Schroder, a German native who lives in Ireland, could get up to 10 years in prison. He was arrested in April on a criminal complaint by the U.S. Coast Guard in Houston.

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