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Pay-as-you-go criminal?

According to his lawyers, Peter L. Krutschewski, 35, was "the most decorated helicopter pilot of the Viet Nam War" and "the oil genius of Michigan." According to federal prosecutors, he was also a big-time narcotics importer who smuggled $15 million worth of marijuana from Colombia to Gloucester, Mass., in 1975. During his trial in U.S. district court in Boston last year, Krutschewski did not deny the charges, but asked to be acquitted on grounds that he was temporarily insane, a delayed reaction to the stress of combat. His effort failed and Krutschewski, who runs an oil and gas exploration company...

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