As part of the plea agreement, Akemann agreed to pay full restitution to the Government of Quebec, which supplied the plane, ...

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 ...

Now he has to pay. In California, a man has pleaded guilty to flying a drone so recklessly in the direction of the fire during the fierce forest fires in Los Angeles in January that it damaged a ...

A roadside billboard warns of drone prohibition during the Palisades Fire. Credit: California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection A California man has pleaded guilty to recklessly operating ...

In 2019, the U.S. Forest Service reported there were at least 20 unauthorized drone flights over or near wildfires in seven states, including California. Flights resulted in aerial firefighting ...