He gets arrested for causing damage worth $30,000

Feb 11, 2016 09:07 GMT  ·  By

We’re not criminals or thieves, but if we were, the first rule in our manual would be to always make sure that you target the correct victim. Because, otherwise, you could easily end up in jail without actually winning anything.

That’s exactly what happened to a 30-year-old man from Marysville, Washington, who wanted to destroy the airplane belonging to Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen.

According to reports, the man jumped over the fence and started smashing an airplane, which he thought belonged to Allen. The police described the man as “deranged and unpredictable,” as he kept trying to destroy the jet.

Oops, it’s the wrong plane

When police officers managed to arrest the man at the Snohomish County airfield, he offered an explanation that makes perfect sense: Allen “was in violation of federal law by possession a military aircraft.” So yes, Allen wasn’t allowed to have his own jet, so the man decided to destroy it. Or maybe he doesn’t like Windows 10, but the law violation thing probably makes more sense.

Only that he picked the wrong airplane, so the one that he actually caused damage to belongs to an aviation training company. The Dornier Alpha jet now has damage worth $30,000 (€26,500).

Now, hats off to the man for actually doing his research because, yes, Paul Allen actually has a similar airplane bought from Abbatare, the only US company that sells German jets.

For what it’s worth, Paul Allen owns pretty much everything you’d ever dream of, including airplanes, yachts, cars, and other expensive things we’ll never have. Allen’s current net worth is $18 billion (€15.9 billion), so it’s not that hard to imagine that he owns this kind of stuff.

Additionally, Paul Allen is a big philanthropist and owner of the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League and the Portland Trail Blazers of the National Basketball Association.