Man who vanished pleads guilty in ID case
LAS VEGAS — A man who disappeared from the Chicago area more than 32 years ago before he was found living in Las Vegas has pleaded guilty to a felony identity fraud charge.
A Clark County District Court hearing master told 73-year-old Arthur Gerald Jones he could face prison time at sentencing Jan. 31.
Jones’s lawyer, Stephen Stein, says Jones deserves probation and will make restitution to the Social Security Administration and to an Arizona man whose name Jones used during 10 years working at a Las Vegas casino.
Jones was declared legally dead 25 years ago after leaving a wife and three children in Highland Park.
Jones was arrested July 19, after he was accused of providing false information to the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles.
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