Little Rock report (LR 164-22) re Russellville, Arkansas NORJAK suspect, with Kentucky DPS report
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Original title: Little Rock report (LR 164-22) re Russellville, Arkansas NORJAK suspect, with Kentucky DPS letter enclosure
Document date 1 May 1978
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-41:397-401 Document: Little Rock report (LR 164-22) re Russellville, Arkansas NORJAK suspect, with Kentucky DPS report Id: Cooper-Part-41:397-401 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-41%3A397-401 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 41 pp. 397–401 (DB Cooper-16496–16500), Report, dated 1 May 1978, serial SE 164-81-7868 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-41%3A397-401
LR 164-22 SE 164-81 JWP/bng 1
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ADMINISTRATIVE
The following investigation was conducted by SA [REDACTED]
A review of [REDACTED] revealed that in 1973 and 1974 the Little Rock Division conducted investigation relative to [REDACTED] who was [REDACTED] Russellville, Arkansas, area. The [REDACTED] [REDACTED] and the [REDACTED] were conducting investigation concerning the [REDACTED] [REDACTED] That file revealed that in December, 1973, before the Federal law became clear cut in making all [REDACTED] a violation of Federal criminal law.
[REDACTED] file did not contain background information on [REDACTED] sufficient to determine if he has had military or paratrooper training or whether he might have been in the Washington area in November, 1971.
[REDACTED] file did indicate that [REDACTED] [REDACTED] also had [REDACTED] [REDACTED] named ERNEST born January 3, 1917, 6', 175 lbs., SSAN 405-34-6600, who was convicted for bootlegging in Ken- tucky in about 1973.
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164-81-7868 SEARCHED _____ INDEXED SERIALIZED [illegible] FILED [illegible] MAY 1 1978
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DB Cooper-16496
LR 164-22 SE 164-81 JWP/bng 1
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The following investigation was conducted by SA [REDACTED] at Russellville, Arkansas:
On March 31, 1978, [REDACTED] the Prosecuting Attorney, Fifth Arkansas Judicial District, advised that in 1972 he was employed as [REDACTED] with the Russellville Police Department. He recalled that in about 1972 [REDACTED] moved to the Russellville area near Dover, Arkansas. [REDACTED]
[REDACTED] had reportedly been [REDACTED] for more than the past year and had made a lot of money [REDACTED] He recalled that he conducted an exten- sive background investigation concerning [REDACTED] at that time. That investigation developed that [REDACTED] formerly [REDACTED] Nashville, Tennessee, for several years where [REDACTED] Because of a law suit in Nashville, [REDACTED] judgement against him. [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Memphis, Tennessee. Her name was [REDACTED] After leaving Nashville, [REDACTED] came to Arkansas and worked for about a year [REDACTED] but his equipment was not very good and he was not able to get started very well. He then moved to Oklahoma in about 1971 where he purchased better equipment and reportedly made a lot of money there. He then returned to the Russellville area in 1972.
[REDACTED] advised that [REDACTED] purchased about [REDACTED] near Dover, Arkansas, when he returned to the state in 1972 and he also purchased [REDACTED] in Russellville where [REDACTED] [REDACTED] then got the Datsun agency for the Russellville area. [REDACTED] has since sold the Datsun agency and he [REDACTED] [REDACTED] through Parker Realty between Russellville and Dover.
[REDACTED] stated that the background information on [REDACTED] 16.4-81- [guess: 7869] he gained while he [REDACTED] at the Russellville Police Department was kept there for several years, but [guess: SEARCHED/RECALLED/NSIXED] looking for that information about two years a[guess: go] [illegible]
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SEARCHED___INDEXED___ SERIALIZED___FILED___ MAY 1 1978 FBI—SEATTLE
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DB Cooper-16497
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b6 b7C
LR 164-22 2
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to find it. He believes the information may now have been destroyed.
On April 11, 1978, [REDACTED] Russellville Police Department, advised he could not personally furnish any background information concerning [REDACTED] from recollection, but he said he would attempt to go through all the intelligence reports to try to find some information on [REDACTED]
On April 17, 1978, [REDACTED] advised he had located one piece of paper, which was a handwritten notation prepared by former Russellville [REDACTED] which indicated [REDACTED] was a white male, born [REDACTED] that he had Social Security No. [REDACTED] and Arkansas driver's license no. [REDACTED] He was listed as being 6', 185 lbs., brown hair, blue eyes. [REDACTED] [REDACTED] was born [REDACTED] [REDACTED] and had a former address of Bixby, Oklahoma. He said he had also found an Intelligence Report from [REDACTED] Kentucky Department of Public Safety, Frankfort, Kentucky, dated November 5, 1973, and addressed to [REDACTED] He made available that report from [REDACTED] and a copy is attached.
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DB Cooper-16498
[Commonwealth of Kentucky Seal]
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY STATE OFFICE BUILDING FRANKFORT, KENTUCKY 40601
LR 164-22 3
STATE POLICE FIRE PREVENTION DRIVER LICENSING ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES MOTOR VEHICLE INSPECTION DATA PROCESSING
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November 5, 1973
[REDACTED] Russellville Police Department Russellville, Arkansas 72801
Dear Sir:
This is in reply to your request for information regarding [REDACTED]
We are unable to obtain any records or information that indicates they were involved in organized crime in Kentucky.
We did learn that [REDACTED] lived in the London, Kentucky area at one time. [REDACTED] named Ernest who is a bootlegger pill pusher and makes moonshine.
Ernest is reportedly on parole at this time. His last address we were able to locate indicated that Ernest [REDACTED] were both living in North Hollywood, California. This was in 1969.
Information is that [REDACTED] Ernest and [REDACTED] are living in Arkansas but no address could be obtained. Their reputation is generally bad in the Laurel, Kentucky area.
If we can be of further assistance in this or any other matter, please feel free to call us.
Sincerely,
[REDACTED]
[REDACTED]
JR/LR/DP
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DB Cooper-16499
LR 164-22 4
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On April 21, 1978, [REDACTED] advised he has been unable to find any of the background material he previously obtained on [REDACTED]. He stated he recalled that most of the material came from the Tennessee Department of Public Safety, 1228 Andrew Jackson State Office Building, Nashville, Tennessee. He said he got some background information on [REDACTED] from the California Department of Justice, Organized Crime and Criminal Intelligence Branch, P.O. Box 13357, Sacramento, California.
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On April 24, 1978, land records in the Pope County Courthouse were reviewed and those records revealed on [REDACTED] purchased approximately [REDACTED] near Dover, Arkansas. From the tax stamps on the deed, the purchase price was $15,000. On September 18, 1972, [REDACTED] and [REDACTED] purchased [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Russellville. There were no tax stamps on this deed to indicate the purchase price. On [REDACTED] of land near Dover from [REDACTED]. The tax stamps on the deed indicated the purchase price was $60,000. On [REDACTED] purchased [REDACTED] of land near Dover from [REDACTED] A tax stamp on the deed indicated the purchase price was $1,000.
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DB Cooper-16500
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Serials: LR 164-22, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-7868