A Culver City man is scheduled to plead guilty Wednesday to recklessly operating a drone that crashed into and damaged a ...

Drone pilot faces criminal and financial repercussions for grounding a Canadian aircraft sent to help fight wildfires in ...

As part of his plea agreement, Peter Tripp Akemann agreed to pay full restitution of just over $65,000 to the government of Quebec, which supplied the plane, and an aircraft repair company that ...

A Culver City man pleaded guilty Wednesday to recklessly operating a drone that crashed into and damaged a Super Scooper ...

A Culver City man is scheduled to plead guilty Wednesday to recklessly operating a drone that crashed into and damaged a Super Scooper firefighting aircraft battling the Palisades Fire last month.

Peter Tripp Akemann, 56, entered his plea to a federal class-A misdemeanor count of unsafe operation of an unmanned aircraft, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office. Sentencing was set for June 2.

Peter Tripp Akemann faces up to one year in prison, and a judge will determine his sentence, acting U.S. attorney Joseph McNally said. As part of the plea agreement, he will have to complete 150 hours ...