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»%' Oil heir gels four years for burglary• • *DALLAS (UPl) — James LeBus, heir to an East Texas r;-oil fortune and a member of the Wichita Falls country club ;• set, yesterday was sentenced- to four years ui prison for masterminding a burglary ring that preyed on his ..wealthy friends.The trial, which had been-* ^switched from Wichita Falls on a change of venue because of publicity, began early this •week-with LeBus, 3?, declar-. tog that he was innocent of all• charges.' But suddenly during the ;midst of questioning, fie an--nounccd that he wished to. 'change his plea to guilty.' ;Judge Stanley Kirk stopped the trial and senterxed the stockbroker to prison.LeBus, a well-known . amateur golfer in the state,* ‘.confessed to obtaining gold | T’and silver bars taken in a ! : ]$24.G00 burglary of the .'Metallic. Development Corp.- ^ ill Wichita Falls, on Dec. 21,r: 1974. He also said he helped 1 “distribute*’ them on the East' 'Coast.The wealthy Texan also ' pleaded guilty lo three other indictments returned by the ’ Wichita 'County grand jury.0 The grand jury reportedly re- ■- lied on information gathered* by a vigilante group known as- the “Victims/* which staked1 out suspects in the case and conducted surveillance.*The group was formed after I victims of the burglary' ring- began suspecting that mem-‘ -‘bers of their own social circle ’.might be involved in the ’ crimes; More than $1 million •in gold, silver coins and jew-•;elry were token during the ^•ring’s operation.
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Daily Review
Hayward, California, US
Thu, Sep 02, 1976
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