NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The latest on the case of a former BP engineer who is accused of deleting text messages after the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill (all times local): A former BP engineer who was accused of deleting text messages after the Gulf oil spill has pleaded guilty to a lesser charge and sentenced to six months in prison. In federal court in New Orleans on Friday, he pleaded guilty to intentionally causing damage without authorization to a protected computer. A former BP engineer has pleaded guilty to a lesser charge and hopes to avoid prison after he was accused of deleting text messages about how much oil spewed into the Gulf during the 2010 spill. ......
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