Attorney general launches probe of American Police Force's Hardin jail deal


	Attorney general launches probe of American Police Force's Hardin jail deal

billpar

10-7-2009 1:32 PM

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Michael Hilton, who formed Santa Ana, Calif.-based American Police Force in March, came to Hardin last month promising to fill the city's never-used jail and build a large military and law enforcement training center.

Hilton has a decades-long track record of fraudulent activities and spent several years in a California prison on grand theft charges. A native of Montenegro, he uses at least 17 aliases.

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