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

LOS ANGELES, CA — The man accused of flying a drone so recklessly that he crashed it into a plane that was battling the Palisades Fire earlier this month won't serve any prison time as part of a plea ...

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 damaged firefighting aircraft is seen after a drone strike while responding to the Palisades Fire on Jan. 9 ... and the company that repaired the plane -- estimated to be at least $65,169.

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

has pleaded guilty to flying the drone that collided with and subsequently grounded a Canadian Super Scooper firefighting plane as the Palisades Fire raged on Jan. 9. Akemann, who worked with ...

Officials say the plane was owned by the government of Quebec ... on Jan. 9 and flew it more than 1.5 miles toward the Palisades Fire before losing site of it. It then crashed with the Super ...

A California man has agreed to pay more than $65,000 in restitution and faces up to a year in federal prison for operating a drone that collided with a firefighting aircraft during the early days of ...