Miley Cyrus is turning teen boys into criminals. A sixteen year-old boy was arrested and charged with felony terrorism on Tuesday night after he attempted to hijack a plane and divert it to a Lafayette, Louisiana Hannah Montana concert. The teenager boarded a flight from Los Angeles to Nashville carrying handcuffs, rope and duct tape, and with the intentions to hijack the plane. The plane was bound for Nashville, where the teen was taken into custody. Authorities searched the teenager’s home in California and also found a makeshift cockpit. Sources told NewsChannel 5 the teen didn’t have a chance. He was confronted on the plane and held until it landed. “There’s no way he could pull it off,” said Kyle Bartlett. “Why even try?” The teenager was taken to the Davidson County juvenile detention center where he was charged with felony terrorism. The Federal Bureau of Investigation is involved. Richard said airport police are trained to “take things seriously, to investigate, to follow-up, to ensure passengers are safe when they travel in and out of our airport.” The tip to police likely came from his parents. He supposedly used his mother’s credit card to buy the airline ticket. Sources said he may have made similar threats to do something like this in the past. What’s more is that the suspect got the date wrong for the concert. It takes place Friday night instead of earlier this week.

[Source: Associated Press]

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