Man Ticketed for Landing Chopper in Yard
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NEW CANAAN, Conn. - A man who told police he wanted to avoid traffic gridlock has been ticketed for landing a helicopter in his back yard...
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By Angela Nagel and Susanne Nadeau, Grand Forks Herald, N.D.  Dec. 9--A student and instructor in a UND helicopter had engine trouble Friday morning and put the aircraft down in a field south of Grand Forks.
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A Michigan man was fined for using a local cafe's Wi-Fi connection from his parked car.
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Bird Rescue : Maryland Natural Resources Police last week rescued a bald eagle from certain death last week, when they found the male bird in Frederick County and took it to a veterinary clinic.
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HALIFAX (CP) - Two turns of a screw caused the spectacular crash of a Sea King helicopter onto the deck of a Canadian destroyer at sea last year.
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A Swedish man has been issued with a Â£90 (1,211 kronor) ticket for illegally parking his snowmobile in Warwick. But Krister Nylander, who lives on a farm in Bollstabruk, 205 miles north of Stockholm, said
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BELLEVILLE, Ill. - With help from a judge, David Kite got five years in prison and a life partner. After sentencing Kite on Wednesday to prison for stealing a lawnmower from a home, St.
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PORTLAND, Ore. - An Oregon man has sued over a traffic accident that involved an unlikely pair of vehicles - his Lamborghini and a small plane piloted by FBI agents.
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By La Crosse Tribune, Wis.  Jan. 31--The following people appeared in La Crosse County Circuit Court.   Accused   --David J. Merritt, 45, of 223 N. Eighth St., La Crosse, was charged Tuesday with party to the crime of felony theft and felony theft. Marshall L.
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LOS ANGELES - A man was charged with trespassing after he stripped naked, scaled a airport fence, ran across the tarmac and climbed into a plane's wheel well before firefighters talked him out, officials said.
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A man who initially claimed his daughter aimed a laser at a helicopter was charged after he told federal agents that he pointed the light beam at two aircraft, authorities said Tuesday.
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The military said Friday it was investigating reports of a U.S. helicopter going down north of Baghdad.
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NORRISTOWN, Pa. - A drunken pilot who buzzed his plane near a nuclear power plant and came near six commercial airliners was sentenced to six to 23 months in prison on Tuesday.  John V.
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Probation for attack:  A Glendale Heights man was placed on probation for 30 months Tuesday after pleading guilty to aggravated battery.
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Portable petrol powered perv-patrols for 'urban tactics' Miami police have purchased a small Dalek-like aerial surveillance droid capable of "hover and stare" missions. The American cops intend to trial the flying wastebin surveillance platform in urban "tactical operations".â¦
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By MICHAEL TUTTON  GREENWOOD, N.S. (CP) - Bill Bond is haunted by the memory of three airmen he was unable to save when a Cormorant helicopter plunged into the ocean off Nova Scotia last summer.
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A Michigan man has been fined US$400 and must work 40 hours of community service for using a local cafi&#39;s Wi-Fi connection from his parked car to check his e-mail and surf the Web.