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Blaise Pugh was arrested in Washington, D.C., in September after he made several boasts on a taped episode of the Sally Jessy Raphael TV show about having violated parole. Pugh told a surprised Raphael that he had no fear of being exposed on television. Federal marshals raided his home while the show was being aired and found Pugh watching himself on TV.
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In August in Kennett, Missouri, Larry White pleaded guilty to burglary just before trial and was sentenced to six years in prison. He’d tried to eliminate the possibility of a shoe print when he kicked open a door by removing his shoe. But he left a clear, identifiable footprint, which is more useful to detectives.
According to police in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, Michael Wright and Steven Bean, both age 18, confessed in November to robbing a gas station. The two were hospitalized at the time of their confessions because each had been shot in the shoulder. They’d claimed another man had committed the robbery and shot them during his getaway, but confessed they’d shot each other.
