SAC Minneapolis re NORJAK suspect James Ray Fugate
Document date 13 December 1971
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-78:087-090 Document: Teletype SAC Minneapolis re NORJAK suspect James Ray Fugate Id: Cooper-Part-78:087-090 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-78%3A087-090 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 78 pp. 87–90 (DB Cooper-33887–33890), Teletype, dated 13 Dec 1971 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-78%3A087-090
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TO: SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) SAC, DALLAS SAC, DENVER SAC, PORTLAND (164-41)
NORJAK
RE: JAMES RAY FUGATE
FUGATE WAS FURNISHED TO THE MINNEAPOLIS DIVISION AS A POSSIBLE SUSPECT BY [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] ON A CONFIDENTIAL BASIS. FUGATE HAD DEALINGS IN THE PAST WITH [REDACTED] [REDACTED] MINNESOTA. FUGATE'S DEALINGS WERE HIGHLY SUSPECT AND IT WAS DETERMINED BY [REDACTED] THAT FUGATE HAS BEEN ARRESTED FOR AND CONFINED FOR FRAUDULENT AND CON GAME ACTIVITIES. FUGATE HAS A FLYING BACKGROUND -> AND AT ONE TIME WAS CHARGED WITH THE THEFT OF AN AIRCRAFT. FUGATE FORMERLY WAS [REDACTED] [REDACTED] RESIDENCE AT TIME [REDACTED] WAS [REDACTED] [REDACTED] DENVER, COLORADO. IN NINETEEN-
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1 - Minneapolis Approved: [signature] RWG:dja (1) Special Agent in Charge
Sent [REDACTED] Searched [REDACTED] [illegible] 12/[illegible] [illegible] Serialized [REDACTED] Filed [REDACTED]
DB Cooper-33887
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FIFTYEIGHT FUGATE WAS CONVICTED OF PASSING NO ACCOUNT CHECKS ON A GOVERNMENT RESERVATION AND WAS STRIPPED OF RANK IN THE NATIONAL GUARD FOR THIS OFFENSE. IN AUGUST NINETEEN FIFTYNINE HE WAS CONVICTED OF MAIL FRAUD AND SENTENCED TO ONE YEAR AND ONE DAY AT LUBBOCK FEDERAL PENITENTIARY, LUBBOCK, TEXAS. IN FEBRUARY FIFTYNINE HE WAS CONVICTED OF A CON GAME AND OF THE INTERSTATE THEFT AND TRANSPORTATION OF AN AIRCRAFT. BECAUSE OF HIS CONVICTION FOR MAIL FRAUD, FUGATE RECEIVED PROBATION CONCERNING THE CON GAME AND WAS NOT PROSECUTED FOR THE AIRCRAFT THEFT. FUGATE'S MOST RECENT ADDRESS OBTAINED BY [REDACTED] MINNEAPOLIS, WAS ROUTE TWO, BOX NINE SIX, AURORA, OREGON. HIS LEGAL ADDRESS WAS LISTED AS THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF OREGON, P. O. BOX THREE ONE THREE ONE, PORTLAND, OREGON. FUGATE IS DESCRIBED AS WHITE MALE, DOB JANUARY EIGHT, THIRTYONE, POB PORTLAND, OREGON, SIX FEET ONE INCH TALL, ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY POUNDS, OLIVE COMPLEXION, DARK, SLIGHTLY GRAYING HAIR, EDUCATION >DENVER UNIVERSITY, OCCUPATION PILOT, USAF AND UNITED AIRLINES.
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Approved: ___________ Sent ___________ M Per ___________ Special Agent in Charge ☆ U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1971-413-135
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ENGINEER WITH MARTIN DASH MARRIETTA CORP., DENVER, COLORADO; AIR CARRIERS, INC., AURORA, OREGON DASH PRESIDENT.
IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT A PHOTO OF FUGATE WAS DISPLAYED TO THE STEWARDESSES OF FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, AND THEY ADVISED HE WAS TOO YOUNG, GOOD-LOOKING, AND CLEANCUT TO BE THE SUBJECT; HOWEVER, THIS PHOTO IS AN ENLARGED SNAPSHOT WHICH WAS TAKEN ABOUT NINETEEN SIXTYEIGHT.
PORTLAND AT AURORA, OREGON, WILL CONDUCT APPROPRIATE INVESTIGATION CONCERNING SUSPECT'S CURRENT LOCATION AND WHEREABOUTS DURING PERTINENT PERIOD. WILL ATTEMPT TO OBTAIN A CURRENT PHOTO, NOTING SUSPECT WAS LISTED AS PRESIDENT OF AIR CARRIERS, INC.
DENVER AT DENVER, COLORADO WILL CONDUCT APPROPRIATE BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION CONCERNING SUSPECT, NOTING HE WAS SUBJECT OF FEDERAL CASE INVOLVING MAIL FRAUD AND POSSIBLE SUBJECT IN A CRIME ON GOVERNMENT RESERVATION CASE INVOLVING PASSING OF FRAUDULENT CHECKS. WILL ATTEMPT TO OBTAIN A CURRENT PHOTO OF SUSPECT.
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Approved: _______________ Sent _______________ M Per _______________ Special Agent in Charge
☆ U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1971-413-135
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DALLAS AT LUBBOCK, TEXAS, WILL CONTACT FEDERAL PENITENTIARY. ATTEMPT TO ESTABLISH SUSPECT'S CURRENT LOCATION AND OBTAIN CURRENT PHOTO.
IN VIEW OF NATURE OF CRIME SUBJECT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED DANGEROUS.
PENDING.
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Approved: _______________ Sent _______________ M Per _______________ Special Agent in Charge ☆ U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1971-413-135 DB Cooper-33890