An influencer who staged a plane crash in California to make a YouTube video of himself parachuting to security was sentenced Monday to 6 months in federal jail.
Trevor Daniel Jacob, 30, was sentenced for obstructing the investigation by destroying the particles from the Nov. 24, 2021, airplane crash, in accordance with the U.S. Justice Division.
Jacob had pleaded responsible in June to 1 rely of destruction and concealment with the intent to impede a federal investigation.
The video titled “I Crashed My Airplane” was posted in December 2021 and purported to point out Jacob’s small airplane having engine failure over the mountainous Los Padres Nationwide Forest in Santa Barbara County. Jacob was already sporting a parachute when he jumped out of the airplane with a selfie stick digital camera in his hand.
YOUTUBER WHO STAGED PLANE CRASH FOR A VIDEO TO PLEAD GUILTY TO OBSTRUCTING INVESTIGATION
An influencer who staged a airplane crash in California to make a YouTube video of himself parachuting to security was sentenced Monday to 6 months in federal jail. (Xinhua/Liu Jie through Getty Pictures)
The soar and the airplane plunge have been recorded by the camera Jacob was holding, in addition to cameras mounted on the wing and tail of the airplane. Jacob hiked to the crash web site after his touchdown and recovered video from the cameras mounted on the plan, the Justice Division stated.
In accordance with the plea agreement, Jacob had a sponsorship deal to advertise an organization’s product in a video, and he by no means deliberate to finish the flight.
The Justice Division stated when Jacob later knowledgeable federal investigators concerning the crash, he was informed he can be held chargeable for preserving the wreckage. He additionally agreed to reveal its location earlier than mendacity and saying that he didn’t know the situation.
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Trevor Daniel Jacob, 30, was sentenced for obstructing the investigation by destroying the particles from the Nov. 24, 2021, airplane crash. (Photograph Illustration by Florian Gaertner/Getty Pictures)
Jacob and a good friend flew to the positioning on Dec. 10, 2021, in a helicopter to assemble the wreckage to convey to a different location after which they moved the components with a trailer connected to his pickup truck, the plea settlement stated. The airplane was later minimize up and the components have been thrown away in trash bins.
An skilled pilot and skydiver, Jacob had his pilot license revoked by the Federal Aviation Administration in 2022.
The Related Press contributed to this report.
