It's too long. It's too slow. I hate the draft, but I love Mel Kiper, even though it's largely his fault that the draft has turned into a cottage industry for way too many people.Curtis Rene Mellott, 46, of Chapel Hill appeared before Judge Charles Anderson via video from the Orange County Jail on Friday. He was charged with felony larceny of a privately owned aircraft, according to a university release.Prosecutor James Rainsford told the judge that Mellott issued "numerous spontaneous utterances" to law enforcement officers. He did not elaborate.Rainsford said Curtis could face federal charges for flying without a pilot license and other flight crimes.The plane was found empty but with blood in the cockpit Tuesday morning in southern Alamance County, about 20 miles from the airport.After a search Tuesday for an injured pilot and possible passengers, arrest warrants were issued Wednesday in Alamance and Orange counties.

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