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Crime Takes to the Air.
- Source :
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Saturday Evening Post . 4/23/1949, Vol. 221 Issue 43, p17-17. 1/2p. - Publication Year :
- 1949
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Abstract
- The article focuses on Vernon Bailey Simpson, the first aircraft theft prosecuted under the National Motor Vehicle Theft Act in the United States. It relates the airplane flight of Simpson from the municipal airport in Columbia, Missouri to Illinois where he was caught by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). FBI investigators found that most airplane thefts are committed by amateurs who want a joy ride.
- Subjects :
- *AIRCRAFT theft
*THEFT -- Law & legislation
*AUTOMOBILE theft
*LAW
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00489239
- Volume :
- 221
- Issue :
- 43
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Saturday Evening Post
- Publication Type :
- Periodical
- Accession number :
- 19845100