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

A California man has agreed to plead guilty to flying the drone that took an aircraft fighting the Palisades Fire out of ...

Peter Tripp Akemann will avoid prison, but will pay full restitution for the damage on the plane and do 150 hours of community service in wildfire relief, U.S. officials said.

The man responsible for a drone strike against one of the Canadian super scoopers fighting the Palisades Fire in Los Angeles ...

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

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 private drone made a hole in a firefighting plane. A private drone came in the way of a Super Scooper aircraft fighting the Palisades Fire forcing it to be grounded. The drone made a hole in the ...

Los Angeles authorities have vowed to prosecute illegal drone flights after a civilian drone collided with a Canadian “Super Scooper” aircraft fighting the Palisades Fire Thursday, forcing it ...

Image Courtesy of CAL FIRE. Two days into the devastating ... which rendered the Canadian aircraft loaned to Los Angeles by the city of Quebec inoperable for five days. “This defendant ...

Fighting the deadly wildfires in Southern California requires a coordinated team effort – from tactical crews attacking hazardous hot spots on the ground to planes and helicopters providing fire ...