The 16-year-old

student pilot accused of "buzzing" the Fayette County Kiwanis

Fair last week entered the equivalent of a guilty plea in juvenile court

yesterday to several related misdemeanor charges.

The felony

charges of making terroristic acts previously filed against the youth

were dismissed, said Fayette County District Attorney Bill McBroom. The

teen entered an "admission," the equivalent of a guilty plea,

to two counts of reckless conduct and two counts of unlawful flight over

Georgia land, all misdemeanors, McBroom said.

Juvenile Court

Judge A. Ronald Cook accepted the guilty plea and placed the youth on

a strict curfew in addition to confiscating his student pilot's license

and his Georgia driver's license, McBroom added.

The teen's

name is being withheld in accordance with Georgia law since he is a juvenile

and not charged with a serious criminal offense.

Since the youth

lives in Clayton County, the case will be transferred to a juvenile court

judge there for the sentencing phase of the case, McBroom said.

The teen, who

lives at a McDonough address in Clayton County, had been incarcerated

at the Youth Detention Center in Griffin prior to Thursday's hearing.

Meanwhile, the instructor flying along with him, Andrew Waits, 22, of

Fayetteville, was free on $8,000 bond.

Waits is charged

with two counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor, two counts

of reckless conduct and two counts of unlawful flight over Georgia land.

Maj. Bruce

Jordan of the Fayette County Sheriff's Department, who witnessed both

fly-bys, said the second one sent many fairgoers heading for the exits.

The plane narrowly missed two attractions during the stunt: the ferris

wheel and the Kamikaze ride, Jordan said.

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