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[/span][/span][/font][hr style="width: 100%; height: 2px;"][font style="font-weight: bold;" size="5"][span class="body"][span class="headline"]Billionaire's Son Charged With Burglary[/span][/span][/font][span class="body"] CORNWALL, Conn. (AP) -- The son of billionaire oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens was charged with burglary after he was found hiding under a table in a fly fishing shop, authorities said.[/p] Michael Pickens, 51, spent three days in jail following his arraignment Monday in Bantam Superior Court.[/p] He was found Sunday inside the Housatonic Meadows Fly Shop after the store's owner noticed something wrong and called police, according to state police. State police said investigators found a nearby stash of items taken from the shop and found Pickens groggy and hiding under a table inside.[/p] A message left with a state police spokesman Friday seeking further detail was not immediately returned. It wasn't immediately clear if Pickens had an attorney.[/p] [!-- BEGIN MEDIA BOX NUMBER 2 --][!-- END MEDIA BOX NUMBER 2 --] Pickens, of Nocona, Texas, had rented a room nearby for a weekend of fishing, the Republican-American of Waterbury reported.[/p] Pickens was indicted last year on federal securities fraud allegations in New York and had been freed on $500,000 bond under a promise to appear for future court dates and not violate the law. He faces 20 years in jail if convicted of securities fraud.[/p] As a result of the arrest in Cornwall, Pickens was ordered to appear in U.S. District Court in New York for a bail status hearing, where a judge will decide whether to increase his bond.
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