November 28, 2013 - A Minnesota teen, Geoffrey
Marshall Biteman, 18 was arrested for sealing a
Cessna 150 aircraft and piloting an aircraft
without a licensee. The self taught Biteman
pleaded guilty on Monday to stealing an aircraft
and using it for joyrides since the summer.
Biteman flew the Cessna 150 from Roseau to a
number of airports throughout Minnesota and
North Dakota. The 1971 Cessna 150, N6985G
belonged to Major Joshua Rasmussen of Minnesota
who is currently deployed with the Air Force in
Afghanistan.
Biteman was arrested on October 22, after a
report was called into Roseau Police Department
On October 9, indicating two young had flown
into Roseau Airport and after landing they had
used the airport courtesy car. When police
arrived at the airport they checked out the
plane that Biteman had flown in and found mail
inside the plane that belonged to Biteman.
The police contacted the airport manager at
Thief River Falls Airport where the aircraft was
based. The airport manager told police that he
had seen the teen fly the aircraft throughout
the summer and on several occasions he saw the
teen fuel the aircraft from gas cans rather than
fueling from the hanger or a fuel truck.
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