According to Allen, a relief flight crew arrived from Houston, and the flight departed Lake Charles Regional Airport after 2 a.m.

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According to reports which may well be apocryphal Sir Allen had tried to charter a corporate jet near Houston, but was turned away because the operator would not take his credit card.

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Last month Houston police arrested 27-year-old Matthew Allen Cook and charged him with theft in a September 7th break-in at the Hyatt House Galleria.

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