Drunk Birthday Boy Steals Plane - Flies Into Power Lines

[matcom]

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ANGLETON -- Louis Paul Kadlecek had never been in a plane before, but that didn't stop him. Reeling from four days of drinking to celebrate his 21st birthday, he broke into 16 hangars at the Brazoria County Airport, stole two planes and flew one into a power line, police said Tuesday.

Using pilot's manuals, the unemployed tree cutter managed to taxi two planes around the airport before flying off in one early Sunday, authorities said. He didn't get very far before wrecking the aircraft, cutting off electricity to much of Clute and Lake Jackson.

Kadlecek walked away unhurt -- and unidentified. But on Tuesday he was arrested, charged with theft and booked into the Brazoria County Jail.

He told investigators he had been partying since last Wednesday, his 21st birthday, when he started breaking into hangars at the airport early Sunday.

Brazoria County Chief Deputy Sheriff Charles Wagner said Kadlecek knew the airport layout because he had performed community service there after one of his previous arrests.

http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/front/2430358

[HiramAbiff]

1. That guy is rad

If he ever pulls his head out of his ass, he might be presidential material.

[GOPisEvil]

2. This child ain't right...

Let's see the key points from this story:

1. 4 days of drinking
2. stolen airplanes (THREE!)
3. UNEMPLOYED TREE CUTTER
4. Clute and Lake Jackson - two PEARLS of the Texas Gulf Coast
5. Community service for prior arrest.

I'm glad someone didn't die from this idiot's actions.

[denverbill]

3. Sounds like a sure-thing future Darwin award winner to me.

[ironflange]

5. Not eligible

He survived

[Zero Gravitas]

12. Must be related to

War-President Bush.

[JackDragna]

4. Wait..it's not the president's birthday!

eom

[ronnykmarshall]

6. Awwww ! He's gonna be real popular in jail!

[Fenris]

7. He's got a purdy mouf.

Have fun! Next time you decide to go on a 4 day bender, remember that Earl gets lonely in his cell at night. Ta ta!

[ronnykmarshall]

8. I LOVE this part!

"The plane fell 100 feet into a heap in a muddy pasture of the Wayne Scott Prison Unit.

Several people saw the crash, Wagner said. One called 911 and, sure that the pilot was dead, drove off to a golf game."



Ah fuck it, he's dead. I gotta get to m' golf game.

[ironflange]

9. There's an old joke

A foursome was waiting to tee off on the 12th hole when a funeral procession went by. Earl took off his cap and bowed his head as the vehicles passed. His friends said, "That was mighty nice of you, Earl." Earl answered, "It's the least I could do, we were married for 37 years."

[Bonhomme Richard]

10. LOL, I thought this was a bush thread.

[neoteric lefty]

11. That is one lucky

sunnuvabitch. At least he is gonna have a wild story to tell his cell mate, Bubba. Happy Birthday, Louis.