Interview of Nebraska State Patrol trooper re traffic stop of 1973 Chevrolet near North Platte
Interviewed 2 February 1974
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-34:015-016 Document: FD-302 interview of Nebraska State Patrol trooper re traffic stop of 1973 Chevrolet near North Platte Id: Cooper-Part-34:015-016 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-34%3A015-016 What is wrong (title, date, type, which pages belong together, copies)? What does the scan show?
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 34 pp. 15–16 (DB Cooper-12611–12612), FD-302 interview, interviewed 2 Feb 1974 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-34%3A015-016
FD-302 (REV. 3-17-69)
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
1 Date February 11, 1974
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[REDACTED], Nebraska State Patrol, (NSP), North Platte, Nebraska, furnished the following information:
On [REDACTED], he was patrolling on Interstate 80 in the company of [REDACTED] NSP, North Platte, in the east bound lane of Interstate 80, east of North Platte. Traveling west on Interstate 80 he clocked a 1973 Chevrolet on Vascar at 83.4 miles per hour. He turned and stopped this vehicle approximately seven miles east of North Platte on Interstate 80. He further described this vehicle as a two-door hardtop bearing Nebraska license [REDACTED].
The driver identified himself as [REDACTED] [REDACTED] whom [REDACTED] further described as a white male, born [REDACTED] 5'10", 160 pounds, brown hair and eyes, and giving an address of [REDACTED] Minneapolis, Minnesota. He produced a Minnesota driver's license number [REDACTED] [REDACTED] for the vehicle registration which [REDACTED] explained is required in Nebraska licensed cars. [REDACTED] stated that he had no registration or proof of ownership of this vehicle and said the registration was in the possession [REDACTED] who was the owner of this vehicle. [REDACTED] claimed that [REDACTED] lived on [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Omaha, Nebraska.
[REDACTED] said that he explained to [REDACTED] that Nebraska law requires that the registration be carried in vehicles. [REDACTED] said that he noticed the above vehicle was apparently a new car and was clean, however, he noticed that the license plates were very dirty and thought this was strange. [REDACTED] said he further noted that there was no Nebraska inspection sticker on the windshield, which is also required under Nebraska law.
[REDACTED] said that he ran a check through his department with the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) on [REDACTED] the above license plate as well as the vehicle identification number which was [REDACTED] NCIC was negative in this regard.
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On 2/2/74 at North Platte, Nebraska File [REDACTED]
SA [REDACTED] :jmt 2 2/7/74 by Date dictated
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DB Cooper-12611
[REDACTED] said that he [REDACTED] on the [REDACTED] and requested him to follow him to the Tomahawk Truck Stop parking lot, North Platte. He stated that [REDACTED] followed him in the above vehicle and while driving to North Platte he requested, through radio communi- cations, a data check on the above license. He was subsequently advised through his radio dispatcher that the above license was registered to a [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Omaha, on a brown Ford. [REDACTED] continued that at the Tomahawk parking lot he told [REDACTED] that they would then proceed to the Sheriff's Office, North Platte, because of the inconsistency of the Chevrolet and the license being registered to a Ford. [REDACTED] stated that he hand- cuffed [REDACTED] and took him to the Sheriff's Office and left the above Chevrolet locked at the Tomahawk parking lot. [REDACTED] said that [REDACTED] kept maintaining to him and [REDACTED] was the owner of the vehicle and that [REDACTED] purchased and sold cars and turned odometers back.
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[REDACTED] said that at the North Platte Sheriff's Office he contacted [REDACTED] UCP, North Platte. [REDACTED] said that he then telephoned [REDACTED] [REDACTED] at Omaha and was advised by [REDACTED] that his license plate had been stolen and he had reported its theft to the Omaha Police Department. [REDACTED] further stated that Nebraska license [REDACTED] had been left on his vehicle. [REDACTED] said that he then ran a data check on this 29 county Nebraska license which reflected that it was registered to a [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Blair, Nebraska. [REDACTED] said this additional information was also given to [REDACTED]
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[REDACTED] said after this matter was turned over to [REDACTED] that he and [REDACTED] then returned to the above Chevrolet and inventoried the items in this car. During this inventory, drugs and keys were found in the vehicle, as well as finding two Minnesota license plates [REDACTED] under the mat in the trunk on the right side. This information was also given to [REDACTED]
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DB Cooper-12612