He then launched a drone and flew it towards Pacific Palisades "to observe damage" caused by the fire, the release continues. Prosecutors said Akemann, who is from Culver City in LA, flew the ...

According to the US Attorney's Office, Akemann launched the drone from the top of a Santa Monica parking garage and lost sight of it at least a mile-and-a-half away before it collided with the plane.

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 ...

In his plea agreement, Akemann admitted to his reckless and illegal conduct in flying the drone that posed an imminent safety hazard to the Super Scooper crew. According to the plea agreement ...

Authorities say Akemann launched the drone from the top of a parking structure in Santa Monica on Jan. 9 and flew it more than 1.5 miles toward the Palisades Fire before losing sight of it.

On January 9, as wildfires raged across California, Akemann drove to the Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica, California. He went to the top floor of a parking lot there and launched a DJI Mini 3 ...

Sentencing was set for June 2. PREVIOUSLY on January 31: Peter Akemann, the former president of Skydance Interactive who was the owner and pilot of a drone that damaged and temporarily grounded a ...

Akemann launched the drone Jan. 9, two days after the start of the fire in Pacific Palisades, from a Third Street Promenade parking structure in Santa Monica to survey damage from the fire ...

In his plea agreement, Akemann admitted to his reckless and illegal conduct in flying the drone that posed an imminent safety hazard to the Super Scooper crew. Akemann appeared in court in ...

Akemann, 56, entered his plea to a federal class-A misdemeanor count of unsafe operation of an unmanned aircraft, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Sentencing was set for June 2.

It was 98% contained as of Friday. Authorities say Akemann launched the drone from the top of a parking structure in Santa Monica on Jan. 9 and flew it more than 1.5 miles toward the Palisades ...