As America's fiscal House of Cards collapses, a number of the really dodgy characters are heading for the woods - literally. 38-year old Marcus Shrenker looks to be one of them.
Now, in fairness, he's no D.B. Cooper but, like old D.B., Marcus decided that taking wing was the answer to his problems. From The New York Times:
"A financial adviser from Indiana disappeared into the Alabama woods early Monday after faking a distress call and parachuting from a small plane that crashed in Florida.
The police in three states were looking for the pilot, identified as Marcus Schrenker, 38.
No one was hurt in the crash. According to the police in Santa Rosa County in the Florida Panhandle, where the plane went down, Mr. Schrenker turned up safely about 220 miles north of there. And there is evidence that Mr. Schrenker was an experienced pilot who might have been trying to fake his own death.
His life seemed to be unraveling. Court records show that Mr. Schrenker’s wife filed for divorce on Dec. 30. A Maryland court recently issued a judgment of more than $500,000 against one of three Indiana companies registered in his name — and all three are being investigated for securities fraud by the Indiana Secretary of State’s Office, a spokesman, Jim Gavin, said. "
Schrenker surfaced in Alabama, told police officers he'd had a boating accident. They checked his ID and drove him to a hotel. When word of the crash reached them they headed back to the hotel but Marcus had bolted. Schrenker was last seen heading back into the woods.
Now, in fairness, he's no D.B. Cooper but, like old D.B., Marcus decided that taking wing was the answer to his problems. From The New York Times:
"A financial adviser from Indiana disappeared into the Alabama woods early Monday after faking a distress call and parachuting from a small plane that crashed in Florida.
The police in three states were looking for the pilot, identified as Marcus Schrenker, 38.
No one was hurt in the crash. According to the police in Santa Rosa County in the Florida Panhandle, where the plane went down, Mr. Schrenker turned up safely about 220 miles north of there. And there is evidence that Mr. Schrenker was an experienced pilot who might have been trying to fake his own death.
His life seemed to be unraveling. Court records show that Mr. Schrenker’s wife filed for divorce on Dec. 30. A Maryland court recently issued a judgment of more than $500,000 against one of three Indiana companies registered in his name — and all three are being investigated for securities fraud by the Indiana Secretary of State’s Office, a spokesman, Jim Gavin, said. "
Schrenker surfaced in Alabama, told police officers he'd had a boating accident. They checked his ID and drove him to a hotel. When word of the crash reached them they headed back to the hotel but Marcus had bolted. Schrenker was last seen heading back into the woods.
3 comments:
And still wearing his pilot goggles.
I read that too. Bizarre. Who wears "pilot goggles" in a Piper Malibu?
You'd wear them too if you jumped out of a plane...
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