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

A Culver City man has agreed to plead guilty to crashing a drone into a Super Scooper aircraft making water drops over the ...

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

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

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

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 civilian drone operator agreed to plead guilty after being charged in connection with a collision that damaged a ...

Peter Akemann agreed to plead guilty to recklessly operating a drone that crashed into and damaged a Super Scooper firefighting aircraft fighting the Palisades Fire earlier this month, officials said.

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.

A Culver City man will pleaded guilty to operating the drone that damaged and temporarily grounded a Super Scooper firefighting aircraft while crews battled the deadly Palisades Fire earlier this ...