Warning: Constant ABSPATH already defined in /home/flanews/public_html/wp-config.php on line 34
Capitol News Service » Blog Archive » Fugitive Pilot Recuperating

Welcome to

Capitol News Service

Florida's Best Political Coverage on Television

 


 


 


Recent Posts

RSS Quote of the Day

  • Charles Baudelaire
    "Everything that is beautiful and noble is the product of reason and calculation."
  • Wilson Mizner
    "The best way to keep your friends is not to give them away."
  • Benjamin Disraeli
    "Silence is the mother of truth."
  • H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
    "Never forget the three powerful resources you always have available to you: love, prayer, and forgiveness."

Fugitive Pilot Recuperating

January 14th, 2009 by Mike Vasilinda

The bizarre Story of an Indiana man who crashed his plane to fake a suicide ended late last night in a campground outside Tallahassee. Federal agents arrested fugitive financial manager Marcus Schrenker. As Mike Vasilinda tells us, Schrenker was near death from an attempted suicide when he was found.

Hear it Here: Search Ends

Plastic gloves on this picnic table are the only signs that something unusual happened at this campground 40 miles west of Tallahassee. The US Marshall that led the arrest team says he found the fugitive near death.

“There was a wound to the left wrist area which was a slash, a deep slash. And there was more like a puncture wound to the lower arm,” US Marshall Frank Chinmento said.

The motorcycle riding Schrenker checked into the campground Monday, saying he was traveling cross-county with friends who continued on. He bought a six pack, some water, and firewood, paying owner Caroline Hastings in small bills.

“We actually chit-chatted and he was very friendly,” Hastings said. “He paid for one night. The next day, usually when they’re on a motorcycle they leave fairly early, they want to get a good ride in early. He didn’t leave.”

And he never paid for a second day.

When Schrenker arrived here Monday, he was given the campsite’s wireless internet code. He then apparently used his own laptop to send an email, which helped authorities trace him here.

We found packets of the pain reliever Ultracet at the camp site. Gadsden Sheriff’s spokesman Jim Corter confirms they were Schrenker’s.

“We think he did it for two reasons. One, it’s a blood thinner and we think that would have also assisted in his suicide attempt,” Corter said. “He also had taken a bunch of aspirin. With the depth of the cut and the amount of blood, that medicine probably sped up the bleeding process.”

While near death when captured, Schrenker is improving and expected to leave the hospital for a jail cell Thursday or Friday.

Posted in Criminal Justice, State News | No Comments »

Leave a Comment

Please note: Comment moderation is enabled and may delay your comment. There is no need to resubmit your comment.

copyright © 2016 by Capitol News Service | Powered by Wordpress | Hosted by LyonsHost.com