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64. The Ivy Leaguer (Esther Reed)

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James Hogue: A Thief's Story

James Hogue went on the run after police raided his mountain home in 2005 and found more than $100,000 worth of stolen property. He was eventually apprehended a year later in Tucson, Arizona. Before he was sentenced for pleading guilty to one count of felony theft, James Hogue told the court, quote, "'It's hard to explain why I do this' It's some sort of collection, compulsion.' In addition to making up an elaborate fake life, a man illegally living in Aspen is now being called a thief.

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