Peter Akemann has agreed to cover an estimated $65,169 in plane repairs and to complete 150 hours of community service to help aid Southern California wildfire relief.

Peter Akemann, a former UC Berkeley Ph.D. student and once-prominent video games executive, flew a drone that hit a Super ...

He’ll likely pay $65,000 and do community service.

A Southern California man admitted to operating a drone that collided with a firefighting airplane during the Palisades Fire ...

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.

Peter Tripp Akeman, 56, admitted to launching a private drone from a rooftop on Santa Monica's Third Street Promenade Jan. 9 ...

A Culver City man accused of flying a drone and crashing it into a water-dropping aircraft during the Palisades Fire has agreed to plead guilty to a misdemeanor, federal prosecutors announced Friday.

Peter Akemann will plead guilty for his drone colliding with a Super Scooper, halting wildfire efforts. He faces penalties ...

An ex-Skydance executive pleads guilty for piloting a drone that crashed into a firefighting plane during the Pacific Palisades wildfire ...

Prosecutors said a Culver City man agreed to plead guilty to a misdemeanor charge stemming from the incident that briefly grounded the plane.

Federal charges were announced Friday in connection to a civilian drone that hit and damaged a water-dropping super scooper aircraft during the destructive Palisades Fire.