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James Hogue's Deferred Admission to Princeton University
In 1987, James Hogue was arrested for forging a check to pay for an eye exam and contact lenses. He fled California for Colorado, where he began working at a sports camp with world-class athletes. In March of 1988, the police found James Hogue's storage unit full of stolen bike equipment,. athletic trophies, and a sleeping bag. There were also copies of admission applications to Harvard, Yale, and Princeton in the name of Alexi Santana. The Utah police, unaware of Hogue's past, thought nothing of it. Two years later, at a track meet in New Haven, Connecticut, February 1991, a Yale student named Renee Pacheco recognized the Princeton runner's