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 Akemann, 56, agreed to plead guilty to one count of unsafe operation of an unmanned aircraft, federal prosecutors ...
Prosecutors said a Culver City man agreed to plead guilty to a misdemeanor charge stemming from the incident that briefly ...
The pilot of a drone that crashed into a firefighting plane, leaving a gaping hole and grounding the aircraft during the ...
A California man has pleaded guilty to recklessly operating a drone that collided with a Canadair CL-415 Super Scooper as it ...
The neighborhood is likely to grow more expensive and exclusive as millionaire Angelenos demand a fast-track recovery.
Peter Tripp Akemann will avoid prison, but will pay full restitution for the damage on the plane and do 150 hours of community service in wildfire relief, U.S. officials said.
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 ...
In a stunning development, not just did US federal law enforcement authorities track down the drone pilot whose DJI Mini 3 ...
O n January 9th, 56-year-old Peter Akemann flew his DJI Mini 3 Pro drone far beyond the legal limit of his ability to see — ...
During the catastrophic fires in Los Angeles, a man used a drone to take aerial photographs and put a fire-fighting aircraft ...
Los Angeles firefighters are facing issues as they battle wildfires. The FAA said a drone crashed into an aircraft over the Palisades Fire.