Pablo, a famous celebrity with whom you are by now surely familiar, was arrested this morning for allegedly running through New York's John F. Kennedy airport, shouting, "I'm Pablo, I will be famous!" Mission accomplished, Pablo.

Pablo—whose birth name is Claudio Duran, go figure—made his gambit for the spotlight shortly after abandoning what police say was a stolen bakery truck on the street near Terminal 8. ABC 7 reports:

At about 6 a.m., Port Authority police responded to a report of a possible breach at the main checkpoint of the terminal.

The suspect was yelling, "I'm Pablo, I will be famous!" as he ran through the American Airlines terminal, according to Port Authority police.

Claudio Duran, 20, of New York, was arrested and charged with grand larceny, criminal possession of stolen property, criminal trespass and trespass.

Like Norma Jean Baker willing herself into stardom as Marilyn Monroe, or Jimmy Gatz becoming Gatsby on the road to his orgastic future, so did Pablo, shedding the baggage of his past life as Claudio Duran in a headlong sprint toward Gate 37.

We'll be watching his next move closely.


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