# Another teenaged airplane thief **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 29, 2013, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-teenaged-airplane-thief/675089 "2013-11-29T17:59:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2013, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-teenaged-airplane-thief/675089/1 "2013-11-29T17:59:29Z")
Remember the ‘Barefoot Bandit’, who robbed houses and stole airplanes? Well here’s [another teenaged airplane thief](http://www.aopa.org/News-and-Video/All-News/2013/November/27/airplane-thief-sentenced.aspx?WT.mc_sect=tts&WT.mc_id=131128epilot). While Colton Harris-Moore had a habit of crashing/crash-landing them, self-taught pilot, 18-year-old Geoffrey Biteman used the stolen 1971 Cessna 150 for months. He was sentenced on state charges to 60 days in jail, 60 days home confinement, five years probation, $1,000 fines, and to make restitution to the owners. ETA: I’ll have to re-read the article, but he may have returned the plane to its hangar after using it; which would explain why he could avail himself of it for months. . ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2013, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-teenaged-airplane-thief/675089/2 "2013-11-29T18:37:34Z")
If I was the judge, I would have denied bail just so I could use the phrase “flight risk”. ---
**Author:** ![Atomic\_Alex](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atomic_alex/32/175_2.png) [@Atomic\_Alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Alex)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2013, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-teenaged-airplane-thief/675089/3 "2013-11-29T18:39:15Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > If I was the judge, I would have denied bail just so I could use the phrase “flight risk”. Proof once again that the Straightdope needs a ‘like’ button. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2013, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-teenaged-airplane-thief/675089/4 "2013-11-29T18:40:45Z")
i’d say the real risk presented was up in the air. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2013, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-teenaged-airplane-thief/675089/5 "2013-11-29T18:41:49Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > If I was the judge, I would have denied bail just so I could use the phrase “flight risk”. Nice one! 🙂 > [@Disposable Hero](#): > > Proof once again that the Straightdope needs a ‘like’ button. 😃 Indeed. ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2013, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-teenaged-airplane-thief/675089/6 "2013-11-29T21:40:19Z")
Stealing planes is the only way I can afford to fly anymore. He should have been smarter about it… Kids these days, no foresight… ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2013, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-teenaged-airplane-thief/675089/7 "2013-11-30T02:00:15Z")
He got complacent. ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2013, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-teenaged-airplane-thief/675089/8 "2013-11-30T05:12:37Z")
He must have some sort of religious conviction. Clearly he was operating under a wing and a prayer. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2013, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-teenaged-airplane-thief/675089/9 "2013-11-30T05:14:53Z")
This is what happens when you have helicopter parents.