Cessna Thief Story?

[Bill Greenwood]

There was a story on the AOPA website this weekend whose brief summary said a teenager had stolen a Cessna 150 and flown it for about a month without benefit of flight instruction or having a pilot license at all. He was apprehended by police, and I think it was a town in Wisconsin.

I tried to read the rest of the story as it is certainly interesting, but the computer gave me an error message instead of the next page.

Did anyone else read this and do you know more of the details? It is not on the website today.

[I_FLY_LOW]

WOW! Interesting!
http://www.flyingmag.com/news/teen-pleads-guilty-stealing-cessna-150-joyrides

Teen Pleads Guilty To Stealing Cessna 150 for Joyrides
By Stephen Pope / Published: Nov 27, 2013
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Thief River Falls Regional Airport

Enlarge Photo A Minnesota teenager with no formal flight training pleaded guilty on Monday to regularly stealing a Cessna 150 for joyrides over the summer and fall while the airplane's owner, an Air Force major, was deployed in Afghanistan.

Eighteen-year-old Geoffrey Biteman, from the aptly named city of Thief River Falls, Minnesota, reportedly taught himself to fly as he traversed northwestern Minnesota and northeastern North Dakota in the stolen Cessna. He was caught only after a worker at Thief River Falls Regional Airport noticed the teen filling the airplane's tanks with regular gasoline from jugs he brought with him.

Biteman was arrested on Oct. 22 after a police investigation. He pleaded guilty on Monday in Roseau County District Court to a felony charge of motor vehicle theft and a misdemeanor charge of unauthorized use of an aircraft. The plea agreement includes 60 days in jail, 60 days of home monitoring, a stayed prison sentence of 13 months, up to five years of probation and $1,000 in fines and fees, plus restitution. Sentencing is set for January 6.