Showdown at Cape Fear; The good ship Albert was home to Bill Bolling and his family, but to the Coast Guard it was a suspiciuos vessel indeed From: The Washington Post | Date: January 11, 1987| Author: Roger Vaughan | Copyright 1987 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

FOR THOSE OF US WHO DON'T TANGLE with the law over more than a speeding ticket, it is a shock to hear that someone we know has been arrested on federal charges. We may cast furtive glances in the rear-view mirror as we cruise at 70 miles per hour, but federal indictments? Those are for cop shows, big business and political scandals.

So I was shocked the evening of October 7 when Patsy Bolling called me from Wilmington, N.C., to say that her husband, Bill, 58, and his son, Billy, 31, ...