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SoCal Man Pleads Guilty After Crashing Drone Into Super Scooper During Fire

The drone operator agrees to pay restitution and perform community service, and he also faces up to one year in federal prison.
SoCal Man Pleads Guilty After Crashing Drone Into Super Scooper During Fire
Destruction caused by the Palisades Fire in Los Angeles on Jan. 9. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times
Jill McLaughlin
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A Culver City man pleaded guilty Feb. 12 to recklessly operating a drone during the Palisades Fire last month and crashing it into a Super Scooper firefighting aircraft, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Los Angeles announced.

Peter Tripp Akemann, 56, agreed at the end of January to plead guilty after federal prosecutors charged him with a misdemeanor. He faces up to one year in prison.

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