CHAPEL HILL (WTVD) -- A man accused of stealing a small plane from Horace Williams Airport in Chapel Hill and then crashing it in Alamance County was arrested at his home at 114 Mel Oak Drive Thursday afternoon.
Curtis Mellott, 46, had been missing since the wreckage of the Piper PA32 was found in a field near Graham Tuesday morning.
The Civil Air Patrol found the plane by following the aircraft's beeping transponder on Wildlife Club Road off N.C. 87 between Graham and the Eli Whitney community.
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When authorities arrived on the scene, they found a lot of blood in the cockpit but no pilot. The window was kicked out, and there was a trail of blood leading into the forest.
Police say the plane was stolen from UNC's airfield overnight Monday or early Tuesday morning. The plane's owner, Larry Warren, says he saw the aircraft around 9 p.m. Monday on the ground with its doors locked.
"You gotta have a key to get in the door, but once you get in the door, it's pretty much just regular switches," Warren said.
Mellott is charged with felony larceny of a privately-owned aircraft.
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