The defendant has agreed to pay more than $65,000 in restitution and faces up to a year in federal prison, prosecutors said.
Peter Tripp Akeman, 56, admitted to launching a private drone from a rooftop on Santa Monica's Third Street Promenade Jan. 9 ...
A Culver City man accused of flying a drone and crashing it into a water-dropping aircraft during the Palisades Fire has agreed to plead guilty to a misdemeanor, federal prosecutors announced Friday.
Peter Akemann, the man accused of damaging a super scooper plane with a drone while flying it over the Palisades Fire, has ...
A civilian drone operator agreed to plead guilty after being charged in connection with a collision that damaged a ...
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The CEO of a company that flies "Super Scooper" firefighting planes said one of his biggest worries is drones crashing into his planes during emergencies like the Los Angeles wildfires.
ST. LOUIS – Two Super Scoopers took a pit stop at Spirit of St. Louis Airport Wednesday night. They’re one of the world’s most effective firefighting aircraft that skim the surface of open ...
Los Angeles authorities have vowed to prosecute illegal drone flights after a civilian drone collided with a Canadian “Super Scooper” aircraft fighting the Palisades Fire Thursday, forcing it to be ...
NBC Universal, Inc. One reason last week’s collision between a firefighting plane and a drone caused such a stir was because Los Angeles doesn’t have many spare “Super Scoopers” to take ...