Article 6BP8Y YouTuber accused of deliberately crashing plane for views pleads guilty

YouTuber accused of deliberately crashing plane for views pleads guilty

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Abené Clayton in Los Angeles
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Trevor Jacob, 29, faces up to 20 years in prison after purposely destroying wreckage of small plane that he crashed in 2021

A YouTuber accused of deliberately crashing his plane to get a boost in views has agreed to plead guilty to obstructing a federal investigation, the US Department of Justice announced.

Trevor Jacob, 29, faces up to 20 years in federal prison after he purposely destroyed the wreckage of the small single-engine plane that he crashed in California's Los Padres national forest in 2021, according to a statement from the US attorney's office.

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