BUSINESSMAN WAS FUGITIVE FROM THE LAW

DALLAS (AP) In Indianapolis, he was Robert Paul Hoquim, a successful
computer-saavy businessman who started an Internet provider company. But
after he died of a heart attack, police learned he was a fugitive named
John Paul Aleshe who had been on the run for 14 years charged with the
attempted murder of an Irving, Texas, police officer. Aleshe, as far as
investigators know, used more than 10 aliases. Aleshe died May 23 in the
bedroom of his $300,000 home in Noblesville, about 20 miles north of
Indianapolis. Noblesville police were trying to track down relatives when
they noticed Hoquim's driver's license was a fake and his Social Security
number belonged to a woman in St. Louis.

"That obviously piqued our curiosity a little more," Noblesville Sgt. Tom
Madden said Wednesday.

Investigators got permission to search Hoquim's rented storage area.
There, in the glove compartment of an old pickup truck, they found an
envelope that contained a Colorado driver's license. The photo was of a
younger man and the name on the license was John Paul Aleshe.

FBI fingerprints confirmed he was Aleshe - a name that pulled up a
criminal history. Aleshe was wanted in Texas for attempting to kill an
Irving police officer, for possession of controlled substances, theft of
property and theft of computer software. He also was wanted in Colorado
for issuing bad checks, said Dallas FBI agent Marjorie Poche.

Irving police officer Ned Thurmond arrested Aleshe in 1986 and was driving
him to the station when Aleshe freed one hand and grabbed the officer. s
gun, said Irving Police Department spokesman David Tull. In the struggle,
the gun fired and Aleshe was shot in the hand, he said. After posting
bond, Aleshe fled Texas. Investigators believe he started several
successful companies around the country using a variety of names. All the
businesses appear to be legitimate, police said.

As Hoquim, he was known as a Greenville, IN, native, a graduate of Indiana
University and Cal Tech, as well as a Vietnam War veteran. Police now say
none of that is true.