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Missouri Man Sent to Prison for Trying to Shoot Down Crop Duster

A Missouri man was convicted for shooting at a low-flying Thrush aerial application aircraft near his home. Thrush
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Key Takeaways:

  • A Missouri man, David Leroy Dickenson, was sentenced to six and a half years in federal prison for shooting an agricultural airplane.
  • Dickenson shot the plane on December 3, 2014, because its low-flying operation was keeping him from sleeping.
  • The aircraft sustained buckshot damage to its rear elevator and cowling, and Dickenson was ordered to pay $17,500 in restitution.
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A Missouri man was sentenced to six and half years in federal prison for shooting an agplane flying low near his home.

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