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 California man has pleaded guilty to recklessly operating a drone that collided with a Canadair CL-415 Super Scooper as it battled the Palisades Fire in Los Angeles in early January, the U.S. Justice Department announced.

Federal authorities say a man has agreed to plead guilty to unsafely operating a drone that collided with a firefighting aircraft during the deadly Palisades Fire in Los Angeles.

The defendant has agreed to pay more than $65,000 in restitution and faces up to a year in federal prison, prosecutors said.

The pilot of a drone that crashed into a firefighting plane, leaving a gaping hole and grounding the aircraft during the deadly fire near the Pacific Palisades neighborhood in Los Angeles, has agreed to plead guilty to a misdemeanor count of unsafely operating a drone,

A California man has agreed to plead guilty to recklessly operating a drone that crashed into a "Super Scooper" firefighting aircraft during the deadly Palisades Fire in Los Angeles, prosecutors announced Friday.

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, taking it out of service.

A California man agrees to plead guilty to one count of unsafe operation of an unmanned aircraft after his drone collides with firefighting Super Scooper aircraft battling the Palisades Fire.