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Feds get guilty plea in '04 Mich. cigarette heist  

Jump to full article: AP, 2009-09-21

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YPSILANTI, Mich. - A man accused of conspiring to hijack a truck in Ypsilanti with $175,000 in cigarettes has pleaded guilty.

Lee Newberry wasn't involved in the actual heist, and the Belleville man says he didn't make a dime off the robbery. But he told a judge Monday he's guilty because he conducted surveillance on trucks belongin

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