Originally Posted by
parabellum
Attempting to take without the owners permission would seem to be the appropriate charge, difficult to prove he didn't intend to return it to its owner?
That is the definition of theft in Florida.
(1) A person commits theft if he or she knowingly obtains or uses, or endeavors to obtain or to use, the property of another with intent to, either temporarily or permanently:(a) Deprive the other person of a right to the property or a benefit from the property.
(b) Appropriate the property to his or her own use or to the use of any person not entitled to the use of the property.
Since the value of the aircraft was more than $100,000.00 it's Grand Theft. Somewhere there's a new video game, Grand Theft Airplane.