Monday morning, Oct. 7, 2019 the Virginia State Police was notified that an unknown individual was attached to a contracted pipeline helicopter, located on Cove Hollow Road, near Route 460 in Montgomery County.
Pipeline security responded at 6:40 a.m. and located a male subject who was attached by a device known as a Sleeping Dragon to the rotor mast of the helicopter. The subject was wearing a mask and refused to release himself from the helicopter.
The Virginia State Police Tactical Field Force Cut Team responded to the scene and removed the device. Galen Sol Shirman-Grabowski, 24, of Tucson, Ariz., was removed and arrested.
Grabowski was charged with the following: 5.1-22 – Tamper/Damage an Aircraft; felony; 18.2-422 – Prohibition of Wearing of masks in certain places; felony; 18.2-460 – Obstructing justice, without force; misdemeanor; 18.2-121 – Entering property of another for the purpose of damaging it; misdemeanor; 18.2-146 – Breaking, injuring, defacing, destroying or preventing the operation of vehicle, aircraft or boat; misdemeanor; and 18.2-137 – Injuring property; misdemeanor.
Grabowski is being held without bond.