A YouTuber was sentenced Monday to six months in federal jail for obstruction of justice after intentionally crashing his single-propeller aircraft … to bolster his social media.
Trevor Daniel Jacob, 30, of Lompoc — a former Olympic snowboarder who was going through a max sentence of 20 years — was sentenced to only 6 months by United States District Choose John F. Walter … after pleading responsible to at least one rely of “destruction and concealment with the intent to obstruct a federal investigation” on June 30.
Jacobs was initially going through a most sentence of 20 years.
Federal prosecutors say in a latest information launch that Jacob confessed to orchestrating the crash on November 24, 2021 … posting the pre-planned occasion to YouTube practically a month in a while December 23, titling it, “I Crashed My Airplane.”
The video sees Jacob flying a single-engine aircraft from Lompoc Metropolis Airport to Mammoth Lakes … earlier than claiming the aircraft’s engine had failed half-hour in.
The footage captures Jacob opening the facet door and leaping out to deploy a parachute simply because the aircraft hurtles downward right into a crash beneath.
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Prosecutors say he purposely waited two days to report the pre-planned crash to the Nationwide Transportation Security Board, who suggested him to protect the wreckage — although he stalled the investigation, telling them he did not know the place the aircraft went down.
As an alternative, he used a helicopter to raise the wreckage out of the Los Padres Nationwide Forest on December 10, 2021 … earlier than dismantling and disposing of it.
Throughout his sentencing Monday, Choose Walter ordered him to give up to the authorities by Jan. 29 … with Jacobs saying in a press release conveyed by his lawyer: “This experience has been so humbling.”
He added the sentence was the “right decision.”
