The Thunder Bay man who stole a college airplane and flew it into the U.S. won’t appear in court again until next month.
Attorneys met briefly in the Ontario Court of Justice in Thunder Bay on Wednesday to adjourn the matter of Adam Leon until Nov. 2. Leon did not appear in court as he was in Toronto and was represented by his lawyer.
Leon was convicted in the U.S. after allegedly stealing a Confederation College plane and going on an unauthorized flight over three U.S. states on April 6, 2009. He pleaded guilty in an American courtroom to interstate transportation of a stolen aircraft and illegal entry.
He was sentenced to two years in jail for those crimes in August 2009.
He learned in December 2010 that he would be released from prison and sent back to Canada, where there were outstanding warrants for his arrest. The Canadian arrest warrants were the result of crimes he allegedly committed on this side of the border, which were not addressed during his America trial.
The infamous flight led to international attention in 2009. Major news networks, including CNN, had live coverage of the incident, and major newspapers across the globe followed some of the legal aftermath.
American courts heard how Leon had suffered from depression when he took the plane.
