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Criminal Investigation | Feb. 25, 2016

Dallas Man Pleads Guilty to Role in AAFES Jewelry Theft Scheme

DALLAS — Arthur Lee Hightower, II, a Dallas man who was on the lam for more than seven months following his indictment in May 2015 for his role in a jewelry theft scheme that targeted the Army and Air Force Exchange Services (AAFES), is now in custody, and today he pleaded guilty to his role in that scheme, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.