As part of his plea agreement, Peter Tripp Akemann agreed to pay full restitution of just over $65,000 to the government of ...

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

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 ...

The Palisades Fire is now 100% contained after nearly a month of burning. Now, rain in Southern California has triggered ...

A California man agrees to plead guilty to one count of unsafe operation of an unmanned aircraft after his drone collides with firefighting Super Scooper aircraft battling the Palisades Fire.

A Culver City man agreed to plead guilty in connection with an unauthorized drone's collision with a Super Scooper firefighting aircraft that was flying over the Palisades Fire in Los Angeles County.

Peter Tripp Akemann, 56, agreed to plead guilty to one count of unsafe operation of an unmanned aircraft, federal prosecutors in Los Angeles said.

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, ...

According to the plea agreement, on Jan. 9, Akemann drove to the top of the Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica, California, and flew a drone toward the Palisades Fire to see the damage.

The man who crashed a drone into and damaged a water-dropping aircraft as it fought the devastating Palisades Fire earlier this month was identified on Friday as Peter Akemann, a former UC ...