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Tommy Lee Pilot's Bumpy Landing
by Natalie Finn
Aug 1, 2006, 4:45 PM PT
When Tommy Lee wants door-to-door service he doesn't mess around.
A helicopter pilot who was commissioned July 7 to transport the 43-year-old Mötley Crüe drummer from a house in the Hollywood Hills to a Nine Inch Nails concert 50 miles away in Irvine has found himself in hot water after he took the liberty of landing in the middle of a residential street to pick Lee up.
The Los Angeles City Attorney's Office charged David Keith Martz, 49, Monday with one misdemeanor count each of reckless operation of an aircraft, landing an aircraft on a public road (in this case the 1800 block of Wattles Drive) and landing an aircraft without a permit.
Each count carries the maximum penalty of a $1,000 fine or six months in jail.
Authorities said that the LAPD's Air Support Division spotted Martz's helicopter hovering around the area where Lee was holed up and tried to radio the pilot, who didn't respond. Once Martz had landed and headed into the requisite house, officers approached and informed him he had landed illegally.
Then officers watched as Martz, Lee and two other people got back into the helicopter and flew south. They returned to the scene two hours later where, once again, Martz landed in the street.
Lee, who apparently knows just how bad the traffic can get on the 405 South freeway when there's a concert at Irvine's Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, is not facing any legal repercussions from the troublemaking flight...
Tommy Lee Pilot's Bumpy Landing
by Natalie Finn
Aug 1, 2006, 4:45 PM PT
When Tommy Lee wants door-to-door service he doesn't mess around.
A helicopter pilot who was commissioned July 7 to transport the 43-year-old Mötley Crüe drummer from a house in the Hollywood Hills to a Nine Inch Nails concert 50 miles away in Irvine has found himself in hot water after he took the liberty of landing in the middle of a residential street to pick Lee up.
The Los Angeles City Attorney's Office charged David Keith Martz, 49, Monday with one misdemeanor count each of reckless operation of an aircraft, landing an aircraft on a public road (in this case the 1800 block of Wattles Drive) and landing an aircraft without a permit.
Each count carries the maximum penalty of a $1,000 fine or six months in jail.
Authorities said that the LAPD's Air Support Division spotted Martz's helicopter hovering around the area where Lee was holed up and tried to radio the pilot, who didn't respond. Once Martz had landed and headed into the requisite house, officers approached and informed him he had landed illegally.
Then officers watched as Martz, Lee and two other people got back into the helicopter and flew south. They returned to the scene two hours later where, once again, Martz landed in the street.
Lee, who apparently knows just how bad the traffic can get on the 405 South freeway when there's a concert at Irvine's Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, is not facing any legal repercussions from the troublemaking flight...
