They Got Him
The Pensacola News Journal reports Missing pilot captured
An Indiana pilot who faked a distress call and bailed out of a plane over Alabama was found at a Gadsden County campground Tuesday night after slashing his wrist in a suicide attempt.
Marcus Schrenker, 38, was taken to Tallahassee Memorial Hospital by helicopter, the U.S. Marshals Service said.
Law enforcement learned of his location after he sent an e-mail Tuesday to a family friend from a computer at the KOA Campground outside Chattahoochee, according to the Gadsden County Sheriff’s Office.
Gadsden deputies and the U.S. Marshals Service North Florida Fugitive Task Force found Schrenker in a pup tent at the campground before 9:30 p.m.
This is about 100 miles East of me. If he wasn’t going to be shipped back to Indiana, he would probably have spent significant time in that area as Chatahoochee is the location of the state’s secure mental health facility [AKA psychiatric prison]. Given the current economic conditions and a suicide attempt, a one-hour hearing on a Baker Act claim followed by immediate commitment would be much preferred by local officials than an extended criminal trial.
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I thought the Baker Act was only good for 72 hours?
And I don’t think he is insane enough for complete commitment. I think the whole thing was too premeditated. It’ll go to criminal trial.
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The 72 hours is for the preliminary exam after which there is the commitment hearing. The judge can order indeterminate detention at the hearing, i.e. you are in there until a judge is convinced you are no longer a danger to yourself or society.
With charges pending in another jurisdiction, Gadsden County will do its best to be rid of him.