Police: Pilot who threatened crash into Tupelo Walmart in custody
The Tupelo Police Department said Cory Wayne Patterson faces charges of grand larceny and terroristic threats.
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The Tupelo Police Department said Cory Wayne Patterson faces charges of grand larceny and terroristic threats.
A man who stole a plane and flew it over northern Mississippi after threatening to crash it into a Walmart faces charges of grand larceny and terroristic threats, authorities said
The Tupelo Police Department said Cory Wayne Patterson faces charges of grand larceny and terroristic threats.
Cory Wayne Patterson stole a plane from the Tupelo Regional Airport, took off, called 911 and then threatened to crash the aircraft.
RIPLEY, Miss. (AP) — An airport worker who knew how to take off but not land stole a small airplane Saturday and threatened to crash it into a Walmart, circling for five hours over unnerved Mississippians before ending the flight safely in a soybean field where police arrested him.