TEXARKANA, Ark. (AP) _ Prosecutors say an Arkansas man who’s not a pilot has
been charged with trying to steal an American Eagle jet from Texarkana Regional
Airport to fly to an out-of-state rap concert.
Miller County jail records show 18-year-old Zemarcuis Devon Scott of Texarkana
was being held Wednesday on commercial burglary and attempted theft of property
charges.
The Texarkana Gazette reports Scott was arrested inside the cockpit before dawn
on July Fourth. He was charged Monday, with bond at $25,000.
An affidavit says Scott told Texarkana police, who responded to reports of a
man seen jumping an airport fence, he didn’t think there was much more to
flying than pushing buttons and pulling levers.
Jail records didn’t list an attorney for Scott. Details weren’t immediately
available on the concert destination.
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