Culver City man to plead guilty to crashing drone into Super Scooper fighting the Palisades Fire
A Culver City man has agreed to plead guilty to flying a drone that crashed into a Super Scooper firefighting aircraft, grounding it in the midst of the devastating Palisades Fire​, federal prosecutors announced Friday.
Drone operator pleads guilty after aircraft strikes firefighting plane over Palisades Fire
Peter Tripp Akemann, 56, agreed to plead guilty to one count of unsafe operation of an unmanned aircraft, federal prosecutors in Los Angeles said.
Drone operator charged for hitting 'super scooper' plane during Palisades Fire: DOJ
The defendant has agreed to pay more than $65,000 in restitution and faces up to a year in federal prison, prosecutors said.
Man to admit to using drone that collided with Super Scooper during Palisades Fire
A Southern California man admitted to operating a drone that collided with a firefighting airplane during the Palisades Fire as the blaze was charring tens of thousands of acres earlier this month, officials said Friday.
Man agrees to plead guilty in drone collision with Super Scooper over Palisades Fire
A Culver City man was arrested in a drone collision with a Super Scooper firefighting aircraft over the Palisades Fire in Los Angeles County.
Drone Operator Pleads Guilty To Damaging Super Scooper During Palisades Fire
A Culver City man agreed to plead guilty to recklessly operating a drone that crashed into and damaged a Super Scooper firefighting aircraft fighting the Palisades Fire in January, the Justice Department announced Friday.
Video Game Exec Pleads Guilty to Crashing Drone Into Firefighting Plane During LA Wildfires
On January 9, as wildfires raged across California, Akemann drove to the Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica, California. He went to the top floor of a parking lot there and launched a DJI Mini 3 Pro towards the Pacific Palisades with the goal of surveilling the fire.
California Man Pleads Guilty In Drone Crash
A California man has pleaded guilty to recklessly operating a drone that collided with a Canadair CL-415 Super Scooper as it battled the Palisades Fire in Los Angeles in early January, the U.S. Justice Department announced.
Culver City Man Pleads Guilty to Recklessly Flying Drone That Clipped Super Scooper
Peter Tripp Akeman, 56, admitted to launching a private drone from a rooftop on Santa Monica's Third Street Promenade Jan. 9 that hit an aircraft fighting the inferno in the sky
Culver City man agrees to plead guilty to crashing drone into 'Super Scooper' during Palisades Fire
A civilian drone operator agreed to plead guilty after being charged in connection with a collision that damaged a firefighting aircraft.
Man pleads guilty to flying drone that struck fire-fighting plane during Palisades fire
A California man has agreed to plead guilty to recklessly operating a drone that crashed into a "Super Scooper" firefighting aircraft during the deadly Palisades Fire in Los Angeles, prosecutors announced Friday.
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