The man crashed his drone into a plane that was battling the destructive Palisades Fire, taking it out of service for days.

A Culver City man pleaded guilty today to recklessly operating a drone that crashed into and damaged a Super Scooper firefighting aircraft battling the Palisades Fire last month. Peter Tripp Akemann, ...

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

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 ...

Culver City man Peter Tripp Akemann, 56, was charged with federal crimes in connection with a drone that hit a water-dropping ...

The pilot of a drone that punched a fist-sized hole in an aircraft battling wildfires near Los Angeles in January pleaded guilty to criminal and misdemeanor offenses, according to a release from ...

Peter Tripp Akemann avoids jail, will pay 'Super Scooper' repair costs and is ordered to help with LA's wildfire recovery A Culver City, California resident has admitted to crashing his drone into a ...

TL;DR: Peter Tripp Akemann, a co-founder of a Call of Duty studio, has admitted guilt for crashing a drone into a firefighting aircraft during efforts to extinguish wildfires in Los Angeles.