The defendant has agreed to pay more than $65,000 in restitution and faces up to a year in federal prison, prosecutors said.

Federal charges were announced Friday in connection to a civilian drone that hit and damaged a water-dropping super scooper aircraft during the destructive Palisades Fire.

Peter Akemann agreed to plead guilty to recklessly operating a drone that crashed into and damaged a Super Scooper firefighting aircraft fighting the Palisades Fire earlier this month, officials said.

A Culver City man agreed to plead guilty in connection with an unauthorized drone's collision with a Super Scooper firefighting aircraft that was flying over the Palisades Fire in Los Angeles County.

LOS ANGELES -- Federal charges were announced against a Culver City, California, man on Friday in connection with a civilian drone that hit and damaged a water-dropping "Super Scooper" aircraft ...