A New Hampshire man has been arrested for allegedly using a small propeller airplane to stalk a woman in New York from the air for four years - and pelting her home with tomatoes from above.
Michael Arnold, 65, was charged with aggravated stalking, impeding and providing false information to a police officer after 'terrorizing' Cassie Wilusz from the sky since 2019.
Arnold would fly his single-engine Cessna 180 out of to allegedly stalk the victim's New York home, according to authorities in Bennington County, Vermont.
Wilusz, who lives in Schenectady, said about the ordeal: 'He is terrorizing us. He flies so close to the house that it feels like he's going to go through it.
Michael Arnold, 65, was charged with aggravated stalking, impeding, providing false information to a police officer after 'terrorizing' Cassie Wilusz from the sky since 2019
Cassie Wilusz said that the ordeal is a 'nightmare' and called the police when he allegedly broke his temporary restraining order
'It's a nightmare that just doesn't stop.'
She accused him of waking her family up at 7am, three times a week, with the sounds of the aircraft over her house. Her roof, windows and doors would rattle from the fly-bys
Arnold appeared in Vermont Superior Court last week and pleaded not guilty.
He previously posted his $5,000 bond and was ordered not to go within 300 feet of his plane.
An image of Arnold's plane flying over his alleged victim's neighborhood
Arnold appeared in Vermont Superior Court last week and pleaded not guilty
Wilusz accused him of waking her family up at 7am, three times a week, with the sounds of the aircraft over her house. Her roof, windows and doors would rattle
An FBI agent in Albany reported Arnold was keeping his plane at the Bennington airport - and he was served with a temporary restraining order in the summer.
But Wilusz reported seeing Arnold flying over her home on September 28. She called the police, and the FBI said the FAA found the plane in Bennington.
'Officers were able to determine that Arnold was, in fact, flying his airplane from the William H. Morse State Airport and last seen flying west toward New York several days earlier,' a press release stated.
Video then showed Arnold flying out of the airport and heading toward her New York home, an affidavit stated.
Arnold denied that he was flying the plane - but refused to say who the pilot was.
According to WCAX, Arnold said: 'I might be able to, but I don't want to throw anybody under the bus. If they don't want to get involved, I can't get them involved.'
The man allegedly also stalked Wilusz from the ground. In May, he was caught driving by Cassie's house - and he was eventually arrested and charged with an additional count of stalking.
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