Man who stowed away is released

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By Toni Heinzl , StarTelegram Staff Writer

FORT WORTH, Texas - Charles McKinley, the adventurous New Yorker who gained his 15 minutes of fame when he air-mailed himself in a crate from Newark, N.J., to Dallas/Fort Worth Airport to visit his parents in DeSoto, on Monday tasted freedom again for the first time in three weeks.

After explaining to him that he was charged with the misdemeanor offense of stowaway on an aircraft, U.S. Magistrate Judge Charles Bleil of Fort Worth released McKinley pending trial, which he tentatively set for Nov. 10.

The conditions for pretrial release require that McKinley stay within Dallas and Tarrant counties, obey a curfew at his parents' home and seek employment. Bleil also forbade McKinley from attempting to obtain a passport.

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His attorney said he was just a kid having fun!!!