Authorities believe he defrauded donors of up to $100 million in 41 states since 2001, including $2 million in Ohio. A fraction of the money has been found.

Authorities say Thompson’s Tampa, Fla.-based charity, known as the U.S. Navy Veterans Association, made a few sporadic contributions that benefited veterans, but public records show the man behind it contributed hundreds of thousands of dollars to political candidates around the country.

The charges against the man include racketeering, money laundering, identity theft, records tampering and theft.

Thompson, dressed in an orange jail jumpsuit, sat with his manacled hands on his lap, smiling lightly when the prosecutor mentioned Thompson’s refusal to cooperate in identifying himself.

Brad Tammaro, chief counsel to Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine, told the judge that Thompson was arrested with a suitcase full of phony IDs and apparently was planning to make more.

Without ties to the community and the possibility he may have access to the missing money, Thompson would be a risk to become a fugitive and should not be allowed to remain free pending trial, Tammaro said.

Tammaro outlined Thompson’s cross-country travels, often with only brief stops before moving elsewhere. “There is no reason for him to stay in this jurisdiction” if released pending trial, Tammaro said.

Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Judge Hollie Gallagher agreed, refusing to set bond for him, meaning he’ll stay in jail. The judge said she was not satisfied he would appear in court if he’s released.

The defense attorney, Mark Stanton, told the judge that Thompson wants to represent himself and have an attorney assist him. Stanton said he was willing to serve in that capacity.

After the hearing, Stanton said he wouldn’t talk about any discussion he had with his client, including the risk of self-representation.

Authorities say they traced the name Bobby Thompson to a Choctaw who worked for the Bureau of Indian Affairs and wasn’t connected to the charity case. Authorities say he had his identity stolen, including his Social Security number and date of birth.

Authorities acting on a tip tracked Thompson to a bar in Portland, Ore., on Monday night, followed him home and made the arrest, said Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine. He had multiple fake ID cards, DeWine said.

DeWine said authorities hope to have the man in Ohio in 10 days, where he will be tried in state court in Cleveland. The alleged fraud involved $100 million in 41 states, including up to $2 million in Ohio, said U.S. Marshal Peter Elliot.

Authorities still don’t know the man’s real name, but investigators uncovered information earlier this year that led them to believe he may have lived recently in New Mexico.

The arrest closes a search dating back several years and involving a Tampa, Fla.-based charity known as the U.S. Navy Veterans Association.

Last year, an alleged co-defendant of Thompson’s, Blanca Contreras of Tampa, Fla., was sentenced to five years in prison for her role in the scam. Contreras had pleaded guilty to theft, money laundering and other charges related to allegations she handled nearly $475,000 in Ohio donations for the charity.

Former Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray had also investigated Thompson and had worked with the Hamilton County prosecutor’s office on an arrest warrant issued from Cincinnati, where in 2003 the man set up a UPS mailbox to collect donations for the association.

Authorities don’t know the suspect’s real name, but they say the real Thompson wasn’t connected to the association and had his identity, including his Social Security number and date of birth, stolen.

The association made a few sporadic contributions that benefited veterans, but public records show the man behind it contributed hundreds of thousands of dollars to political candidates around the country, Cordray said in 2010. Authorities didn’t know the motives for those contributions, Cordray said.

Cordray’s office froze the association’s bank accounts and drop boxes and ordered it to stop operations in Ohio.

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Andrew Welsh-Huggins contributed to this report from Columbus.

Goodyear said the loss was equivalent to 5 cents per share for the three months ended March 31, compared with net income of $103 million, or 42 cents a share, a year ago.

Excluding charges, Goodyear earned 34 cents per share, topping Wall Street estimates of 7 cents per share.

Revenue rose 2 percent to $5.5 billion. Analysts expected $5.83 billion.

In its core North America tire market, sales increased 8 percent to $2.5 billion over the same period in 2011 despite an 8 percent decline in the number of tires sold.

Operating income doubled to $80 million and stronger sales of high-end tires offset $184 million in higher raw material costs.

For the full year in North America, Goodyear expects the consumer replacement market to decline between 1 percent and 3 percent.

In its other regions, sales increased in the quarter 4.7 percent in Asia-Pacific but dipped 1.1 percent in Europe-Middle East-Africa and 10.9 percent in Latin America.

The number of tires sold globally by Goodyear declined 8 percent in the quarter, hurt by lower demand amid weak economic conditions and warm winter weather.

In a conference call with analysts, Chairman and CEO Richard Kramer said the company would pursue cost controls amid a volatile economic environment, particularly in Europe.

“We remain optimistic over the long term as we believe volumes, particularly in our mature markets, will ultimately rebound as we continue to see pent-up consumer demand driven by weak economies, high unemployment and general consumer cautiousness,” he said.

Kramer said the company expects continuing hikes in raw material costs — 12 percent in the second quarter over April-June 2011 and up 9 percent in 2012 over last year.

Goodyear said the refinancing allowed it to redeem $650 million in senior notes at an interest rate of 10.5 percent while issuing $700 million at 7 percent.

Four Kent State students died, and nine were hurt in the shootings, which contributed to the change in the public’s attitude toward the war.

Canfora, who now directs the Kent May 4 Center, said the government’s decision is disappointing but not surprising.

The events of that chaotic day in Kent, Ohio, are still not fully understood, and interest in the case was reignited recently because of a recently enhanced audio recording.

A 2010 analysis of the recording concluded that someone may have ordered National Guard troops to prepare to fire on students during the campus protest. But Perez wrote to Canfora that a government review was inconclusive in determining whether the recording provided such evidence.

The original reel-to-reel audio recording was made by Terry Strubbe, a student who placed a microphone in a window sill of his dormitory that overlooked the anti-war rally. Canfora found a copy of the audio tape in a library archive in 2007.

The recording was enhanced and evaluated by Plainfield, N.J.-based audio experts Stuart Allen and Tom Owen at the request of The Plain Dealer in Cleveland. Both concluded that they hear someone shout, “Guard!” Seconds later, a voice yells, “All right, prepare to fire!”

“Get down!” someone shouts, presumably in the crowd. A voice then says, “Guard! …” followed two seconds later by a booming volley of gunshots.

Allen removed extraneous noises — wind blowing across the microphone, for example — that obscured voices on the recording.

Allen’s review also had uncovered four “thuds” more than a minute before the guardsmen opened fire, which he believed could have been the sound of a revolver firing.

In the letter, Perez said the sounds were likely Strubbe’s door opening and closing. That conclusion is consistent with voices inside Strubbe’s room, Perez said.

On the issue of a command to fire, Perez said the government’s analyst showed “no military-like voice commands to fire or otherwise were heard; rather, many of the words heard were probably uttered by several different individuals located closer to the microphone.”

Canfora wrote a letter to Perez on Monday and shared it with The Associated Press. In it, Canfora wrote that he was disappointed but not surprised by the government’s decision, and he renewed his call for an outside review.

“I request your further independent investigation utilizing more objective analysis of this crucial digital, forensic evidence,” Canfora said. Otherwise, Canfora said he would proceed with his own investigation into a possible command to “fire.”

In 1974, eight guardsmen tried on federal civil rights charges were acquitted by a judge.