FORT WORTH, Texas, 11:25 a.m. CDT September 9, 2003 - Police say a 25-year-old warehouse employee from New York has been arrested and remains behind bars after shipping himself to Dallas in a wooden cargo crate.
NBC 5's Crystal Brown reported Tuesday that Charles McKinley flew in a passenger aircraft from New York to Fort Wayne, Ind., and then traveled to Dallas in a wooden crate on a flight to Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport.
Brown reported that McKinley was assisted into the shipping crate by a friend of his, a United Parcel Service pilot. The crate was reportedly labeled as computers and monitors.
Published reports said that upon delivery, McKinley pried open the crate from inside with a crowbar, shook hands with the surprised deliveryman and walked away. The deliveryman called police, who arrested McKinley on outstanding warrants in Garland and Dallas County.
McKinley remains in custody after arriving at his parents' DeSoto home on Saturday.
This latest breach of security concerns those in the shipping business who say commercial cargo is rarely inspected like passenger jets.
"He definitely had to plan it out. There had to be more than one [person], obviously several people had to assist him in this. So, it was an elaborate scheme to defeat several sets of security protocol," said DeSoto Assistant Chief Carl Smith.
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NBC 5's Crystal Brown reported Tuesday that Charles McKinley flew in a passenger aircraft from New York to Fort Wayne, Ind., and then traveled to Dallas in a wooden crate on a flight to Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport.
Brown reported that McKinley was assisted into the shipping crate by a friend of his, a United Parcel Service pilot. The crate was reportedly labeled as computers and monitors.
Published reports said that upon delivery, McKinley pried open the crate from inside with a crowbar, shook hands with the surprised deliveryman and walked away. The deliveryman called police, who arrested McKinley on outstanding warrants in Garland and Dallas County.
McKinley remains in custody after arriving at his parents' DeSoto home on Saturday.
This latest breach of security concerns those in the shipping business who say commercial cargo is rarely inspected like passenger jets.
"He definitely had to plan it out. There had to be more than one [person], obviously several people had to assist him in this. So, it was an elaborate scheme to defeat several sets of security protocol," said DeSoto Assistant Chief Carl Smith.
http://www.msnbc.com/local/kxas/A1778531.asp?0na=x2245150-