The defendant has agreed to pay more than $65,000 in restitution and faces up to a year in federal prison, prosecutors said.

A Southern California man admitted to operating a drone that collided with a firefighting airplane during the Palisades Fire ...

Peter Akemann will plead guilty for his drone colliding with a Super Scooper, halting wildfire efforts. He faces penalties ...

Peter Akemann, the man accused of damaging a super scooper plane with a drone while flying it over the Palisades Fire, has ...

Akemann will plead guilty to a misdemeanor offense after his drone damaged an aircraft fighting the Palisades Fire in January ...

Peter Tripp Akeman, 56, admitted to launching a private drone from a rooftop on Santa Monica's Third Street Promenade Jan. 9 ...

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 earlier ...

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.

Prosecutors said a Culver City man agreed to plead guilty to a misdemeanor charge stemming from the incident that briefly grounded the plane.

The pilot of a drone that crashed into a firefighting plane, leaving a gaping hole and grounding the aircraft during the ...

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.

An ex-Skydance executive pleads guilty for piloting a drone that crashed into a firefighting plane during the Pacific Palisades wildfire ...