12-22-2003, 12:07 PM
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Nice Kitty
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No it is not.
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He was the colonel whose drug-abusing wife Laurie, smuggled $700,000 worth of cocaine into the United States. Of course Hiett knew nothing about it. At least that's what he told agents from the Criminal Investigation Division just before the CID "cleared" him of any wrong-doing.
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If it wasn't for the U.S. Customs Service, Hiett might be plotting his accession to general about now. They insisted on continuing an investigation that led to the conviction of Laurie Hiett. The 37 year-old "ditzy druggie," who giggled through much of a bizarre television interview on 60 Minutes, got five years at the federal pen in Fort Worth, Texas.
And customs agents were able to gather enough evidence, that COL Hiett had to confess he concealed his wife's drug activities and helped launder her drug money.
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He admits it in his own words: "I took steps to dissipate the cash by paying as many bills as possible in cash and depositing the rest in several bank accounts."
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But Hiett had to feel "lucky" that he dodged what could have been a three-year jail term and a $250,000 fine.
Instead, the colonel received a "slap on the wrist." Judge Korman sentenced him to only five months imprisonment and five months of "home detention."
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He was not responsible for the actions of his spouse but for his own criminal actions. |
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