Police accuse grandfather, 70, in BASE jumps from area skyscrapers (D.C.)

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NEW: Police have charged a 70-year-old grandfather in series of stomach churning BASE jumps from some of the D.C. area's tallest buildings, ending a years-long game of cat and mouse

Police accuse grandfather, 70, in BASE jumps from area skyscrapers
After a two-year game of cat-and-mouse, police have charged a flamboyant local athlete with parachuting from some of the area's tallest buildings.
washingtonpost.com
12:39 PM · Dec 14, 2021

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/12/14/base-jump-grandfather-virginia-charges/

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Two years ago, authorities named a then 68-year-old grandfather as the prime suspect in several brazen BASE jumps from some of the D.C. area’s tallest buildings.

The investigation into Chuck Moeser, a formerly elite and flamboyant local runner, was featured in a front-page story in The Washington Post. But the statute of limitations for trespassing expired as Fairfax County police were building a case. If Moeser was the jumper, he got away with as many as six leaps, including a harrowing 32-story plunge over evening traffic.

Despite the police probe and public exposure, police think Moeser, now 70, returned to the Tysons area to parachute again. Fairfax County police arrested him Monday night in connection with leaps from buildings on the Capital One campus near the McLean Metro station that occurred this year and last.

Moeser has been charged with three counts of misdemeanor trespassing. Police said his son Lee Moeser has also been charged in connection with a jump last year. BASE jumping, which involves parachute leaps from tall structures, is not a crime in Virginia, but authorities try to discourage it because it often results in fatalities and can injure people below.

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[yellowdogintexas]

1. Now that is dedication! Must be a fun guy!

Many years ago, a group of highly skilled vertical cavers and climbers scaled and rapelled from all the tall buildings in Nashville and a couple of bridges. This was under the guise of demonstrating how these skills could aid in rescue of persons trapped in these buildings during a fire. I do not remember how the bridge jumps figured into all this I think they just did it for fun.

I have seen the slides from this Project and they are amazing. THe commentary from the perpetrators was hilarious!!!

If I were trapped in a tall building, I would be not just happy but relieved that they were the ones bringing me out.