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peras sEBERY, SMUGGLING TT Adventurer pleads: guilty on 3. charges. x oN as y sgh eg, Bars William J D._ Cooper, “a “46-year: i Willow. “River, “Minn. _adven- ‘et who once tried to’lead a owmobile trip across the north le to- Moscow, - has pleaded ilty to bank robbery, marijuana d money smuggling, and mak- 2 illegal gun purchases, He faces up to 24 years in fed- . al prison when sentenced | with- a month. Cooper pleaded guilt yesterday three indictments before U.S. strict Judge Joseph Alsop ‘in St. ul, He admitted smuggling arijuana across the Mexican bor- r, flying some of it across him- lf. Subsequently, the marijuana as transported to the ..Twin- ties, mostly by automobile, He also pleaded guilty to taking ore than $100,000 into Mexico ithout reporting it to customs ficers and to buying two revolv- 8, illegal for a convicted felon. Last week, he pleaded «guilty fore U.S. District Judge’ Miles ord to being involved in the Jar ~ nS ey hi 22, 1974, robbery of the Sturgeon Lake (Minn.) State Bank. Three -others have been charged in that in the robbery was recovered. * Cooper and a son are owner-op- erators of a hunting and fishing lodge in northwest Canada. cere ner a ee eee eee ne IO ee 5a . e oo woe ee wee b7C crime. None of the $4,960 taken | FILED Ve af 19 ‘FBI—~SEAIT ray DB Cooper-155/75