The defendant has agreed to pay more than $65,000 in restitution and faces up to a year in federal prison, prosecutors said.
Prosecutors said a Culver City man agreed to plead guilty to a misdemeanor charge stemming from the incident that briefly grounded the plane.
Federal charges were announced Friday in connection to a civilian drone that hit and damaged a water-dropping super scooper ...
The pilot of a drone that crashed into a firefighting plane, leaving a gaping hole and grounding the aircraft during the ...
A drone that authorities say was flying in restricted airspace on Jan. 9 put a fist-sized hole in the wing of a Super Scooper ...
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.
A 56-year-old Californian man has pleaded guilty to operating the drone that crashed into a Quebec water bomber plane ...
Peter Akemann has agreed to cover an estimated $65,169 in plane repairs and to complete 150 hours of community service to help aid Southern California wildfire relief.
The Diodon drone can be thrown into the water and launched from there. Even if it lands upside down on the surface, it can ...
Analysts with RAND Corp. argue the US Navy needs drone aircraft carriers and envision a whole new strike group to surround ...
The White House said the mystery drones flown across New Jersey were "authorized to be flown by the FAA" in the first press ...