Prosecutors said Akemann, who is from Culver City in LA, flew the drone more than 1.5 miles toward the fire and lost sight of it. As he flew the drone, it struck a Government of Quebec fire plane ...

Peter Akemann has agreed to pay $65,169 to cover plane repairs and to complete 150 hours of community service to help aid Southern California wildfire relief. Ex-Skydance Exec Piloted Drone That ...

Peter Akemann, 56, of Culver City, has agreed to plead guilty to one count of unsafe operation of an unmanned aircraft for the Jan. 9 drone collision, which damaged the Canadian "super scooper ...

Drone operator who damaged LA firefighting plane was Treyarch co-founder Peter Akemann, ... Akemann launched the drone from the top of a Santa Monica parking garage and lost sight of it at least a ...

Peter Akemann, the former president of Skydance Interactive, has pleaded guilty of recklessly flying a drone that collided with a firefighting plane that was combatting the Pacific Palisades ...

California man whose drone collided with firefighting aircraft pleads guilty. Acting U.S. Attorney Joseph McNally announced Friday that Peter Tripp Akemann, 56, of Culver City, California ...

Peter Tripp Akemann, 56, agreed to enter a plea to a federal class-A misdemeanor count of unsafe operation of an unmanned aircraft, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.

Akemann is 'deeply sorry' and will plead guilty to a misdemeanor offense after his drone collided with an aircraft fighting the Palisades Fire in January. When you purchase through links on our ...

On January 9th, 56-year-old Peter Akemann flew his DJI Mini 3 Pro drone far beyond the legal limit of his ability to see — and into a Super Scooper water dumping plane fighting the Los Angeles ...

On Jan. 9, the drone flown by Peter Akemann, 56, struck the plane supplied by the Quebec provincial government and grounded the aircraft.