Capitol Lawn Gyrocopter Pilot Pleads Guilty

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Most charges dropped against bold mailman.

Doug Hughes, the Florida mailman and gyrocopter pilot who landed on the Capitol lawn in April, has pleaded guilty to a felony charge of flying a gyrocopter without a license. Federal prosecutors had originally filed six charges against Hughes, who was at threat of serving as much as six years behind bars for the stunt.

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