Minneapolis to Seattle, Dallas, Denver and Portland re suspect James Ray Fugate

Document date 13 December 1971

Part 91pages 372–3754 pagesDB Cooper-40771–40774

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Document: Teletype Minneapolis to Seattle, Dallas, Denver and Portland re suspect James Ray Fugate
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 91 pp. 372–375 (DB Cooper-40771–40774), Teletype, dated 13 Dec 1971, serial 164-4-3B7 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-91%3A372-375

NR005 MP PLAIN 155 URGENT 12-13-71 MAW TO SEATTLE (164-81) DALLAS DENVER PORTLAND (164-41) FROM MINNEAPOLIS (164-73) 4P

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James Ray Fugate Aurora, Ore.

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NORJAK.

RE: JAMES RAY FUGATE. FUGATE WAS FURNISHED TO THE MINNEAPOLIS DIVISION AS A POSSIBLE SUSPECT BY [REDACTED] b7D [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 b7D FUGATE HAS BEEN ARRESTED FOR AND CONFINED FOR FRAUDULENT AND CON GAME ACTIVITIES. FUGATE HAS A FLYING BACKGROUND. END PAGE ONE

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164-4-3B7 SEARCHED ___INDEXED ___ SERIALIZED ___FILED ___ DEC 2 1 1971 FBI - ROSEBURG [initials]

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LEAD AURORA

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b6 b7C

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AND AT ONE TIME WAS CHARGED WITH THE THEFT OF AN AIRCRAFT. FUGATE FORMERLY WAS [REDACTED] [REDACTED]. RESIDENCE AT TIME OF [REDACTED] WAS [REDACTED] [REDACTED], DENVER, COLORADO. IN NINETEEN 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 END PAGE TWO

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PAGE THREE DENVER UNIVERSITY, OCCUPATION PILOT, USAF AND UNITED AIRLINES; 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 BY 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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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.

P.

END

LJQ

REC OK FBI PORTLAND CLR TU

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DB Cooper-40774

Serials: 164-4-3B7, MP 164-73, PD 164-41, SE 164-81

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