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 ...

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

Separately, the LAFD has defended its decision not to pre-deploy any engines and firefighters to the Palisades — as they had ...

A Southern California man operating a drone that collided with a firefighting airplane flying over Palisades Fire last month has admitted to recklessly operating the aircraft, federal court ...

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 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 ...

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 Canadair CL-415 aircraft, commonly referred to as a "Super Scooper," was conducting fire suppression operations at the Palisades Fire near Malibu, Calif., on Jan. 9 when an unauthorized drone ...