A man who crashed his plane in the Florida Panhandle in an apparent attempt to fake his death was sentenced Wednesday to more than four years in federal prison, officials said.
A man who authorities say defrauded investors and then tried to fake his own death by deliberately crashing his plane in the Florida Panhandle pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges of intentionally destroying an aircraft and faking a distress call.
Airport video surveillance cameras show Marcus Schrenker with a woman and the plane he crashed. WXIN reports.
A man suspected of trying to fake his death by parachuting from a plane before it crashed has been indicted on charges of willfully damaging an aircraft and triggering a Coast Guard rescue attempt.
Financial adviser Marcus Schrenker, arrested Tuesday, was missing for almost two days after his plane crashed.
A man suspected of trying to fake his death by parachuting out of a plane before it crashed likely will stay in the hospital over the weekend, the U.S. Marshals Service said Friday.
The next move of a pilot taken into custody at a Florida campground depends on word from doctors, authorities said Thursday.
The fugitive pilot accused of faking his own death had enough provisions to stay on the run for awhile, according to court documents filed Wednesday.
About six years ago, the hottest name on a Web site set up by retiring Delta pilots was Marcus Schrenker.
CNN's Brooke Baldwin reports authorities are looking for a man suspected of crashing his plane and faking his own death.
Indiana financial manager and pilot Marcus Schrenker is a smooth talker who promised investors steady returns on their money, said two former commercial pilots named in an Indiana Department of Insurance complaint.
An Indiana financial manager who apparently tried to fake his death by crashing his airplane left on a motorcycle he had stashed in his parachute landing zone, authorities said Tuesday.
Marcus Schrenker, the financial manager who officials say faked his own death in a plane crash after scamming his customers, has been found after an apparent suicide attempt, Florida and federal authorities said Tuesday.
A man whose financial management business is under investigation faked a life-or-death emergency in his private aircraft before secretly parachuting out and letting his plane crash in the Florida panhandle, authorities said Monday.
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