For all the hysteria and critical attention given to GA security issues over the last few years, little of it seems to have made an impression on Tennessee courts.

A 16 year old man, Nathan Frost, arrested for a theft last February in which he stole an aircraft and flew it from Shelbyville, TN, to Eagleville, escaped a prison term and was instead given probation.

As Aero-News reported February 4, Nathan Wayne Frost was a busy guy on the night of February 1. After an argument with another teen over his girlfriend, Frost stole a feed truck, drove to the Shelbyville Airport and commandeered the aircraft.

The 16-year-old then circled over his girlfriend's home, scaring residents (but wowing police officers) with his aerial antics before finally landing in Murfreesboro and making a run for it... to a fast food restaurant.

"The kid was a good pilot," said Rutherford County Sheriff's Deputy Scott Daniel to the Murfreesboro Daily News-Journal.

By pleading guilty to charges of reckless endangerment, all other charges against Frost were dismissed.

Frost pleaded guilty to charges of reckless endangerment and evading arrest shortly after the crime and as part of the agreement reached with prosecutors, will have to perform only 100 hours of community service work and will be barred from applying for a pilot's license until he reaches the age of 18. The Judge also ordered Frost to avoid those people he buzzed with the airplane, during the theft.

FMI: www.tennessee.gov/tcjfcj/