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

Federal charges were announced Friday in connection to a civilian drone that hit and damaged a water-dropping super scooper ...

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

A 56-year-old Culver City man has agreed to plead guilty to “recklessly operating a drone” that ended up crashing into and damaging a Super Scooper as it was ...

A California man has agreed to plead guilty to recklessly operating a drone that crashed into a "Super Scooper" firefighting ...

A Culver City man was arrested in a drone collision with a Super Scooper firefighting aircraft over the Palisades Fire in Los ...

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

A Culver City man will plead guilty to crashing a drone into a firefighting aircraft during the recent Palisades Fire, federal prosecutors announced Friday. Peter Tripp Akemann, 56, agreed to plead ...

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.

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