PENSACOLA, Fla. -- Federal Prosecutors have filed charges against Indiana pilot Marcus Schrenker for making a bogus distress call and are asking him to repay the government $38,000 for resources used to try and find him.
Following Schrenker's distress call about an imploded cockpit windshield and the planes subsequent crash two Navy fighter jets, two Coast Guard rescue helicopters and two Coast Guard boats were deployed.
A federal affadavit filed by a Coast Guard investigator states that inside the wrecked plane was a book of campsites and a map book with the Alabama and Florida pages ripped out.
According to the filing, on the back of one of the books were the following bulletpoints: "cracked wind shield, window imploded, bleeding profusely." \
The charge is a Class C Felony and carries a sentence of up to six years in prison if convicted.
Investigators believe Schrenker was flying from Indiana to Florida when he parachuted out of the six seater plane over Harpersville, Ala. Sunday evening.
The plane later crashed on auto pilot in Milton, Fla.
A Harpersville mini storage company reported that Schrenker stored a red Yamaha motorcycle in one of there units on Saturday and told them he would be back on Monday to ride it to Florida.
Tuesday the Indiana Secretary of State’s office announced two felony charges against Schrenker for operating as an unlicensed investment advisor.
He faces a maximum of 8 years in prison if convicted.
Schrenker is currently recovering in a Tallahassee, Fla. hospital.
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