LOS ANGELES — A Culver City man has agreed to plead guilty to recklessly operating a drone that crashed into and damaged a Super Scooper firefighting aircraft battling the Palisades Fire earlier ...

Peter Akemann, the man accused of damaging a super scooper plane with a drone while flying it over the Palisades Fire, has pleaded guilty. Posted January 31, 2025 4:07pm PST Share ...

Akemann went to the Third Street Promenade parking garage's top floor on Jan. 9, launched his drone and lost sight of it before it collided with a Super Scooper on loan from Quebec, officials said.

A Culver City man will plead guilty to operating the drone that damaged and temporarily grounded a Canadian Super Scooper firefighting plane while crews battled the deadly Palisades fire ...

LOS ANGELES (KTLA) – A 56-year-old Culver City man has agreed to plead guilty to “recklessly operating a drone” that ended up crashing into and damaging a Super Scooper as it was fighting ...

Prosecutors filed a plea agreement in which they said Akemann admitted he crashed the drone into the Super Scooper aircraft on Jan. 9, causing it to be taken out of commission temporarily.

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 ...

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” and ...

They said Akemann admitted in the agreement that he crashed the drone into the Super Scooper aircraft on Jan. 9, causing it to be taken out of commission temporarily as the Palisades Fire raged.

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