Peter Tripp Akemann, 56, agreed to plead guilty to one count of unsafe operation of an unmanned aircraft, prosecutors in Los Angeles announced Friday. Akemann was charged Friday with the ...

Treyarch co-founder Peter Tripp Akemann has pleaded guilty to hitting a firefighting plane with his drone amidst the relief efforts connected to the Los Angeles wildfires.

Peter Tripp Akemann reached a plea agreement and will avoid prison after damaging a firefighting aircraft during the deadly Palisades Fire in Los Angeles with a drone.

PACIFIC PALISADES, LOS ANGELES ... Peter Tripp Akemann, 56, agreed to plead guilty to one count of unsafe operation of an unmanned aircraft, according to the Justice Department.

As part of his plea agreement, Peter Tripp Akemann agreed to pay full restitution of just over $65,000 to the government of Quebec, which supplied the plane, and an aircraft repair company that ...

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 ...

Peter Akemann, 56, has agreed to plead guilty to unsafe operation of a drone. ... The Palisades Fire ignited on Jan. 7 and has burned more than 23,400 acres in Los Angeles County.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The pilot of a drone that crashed into a firefighting plane, ... Peter Tripp Akemann faces up to one year in prison, and a judge will determine his sentence, ...

Drone operator who damaged LA firefighting plane was Treyarch co-founder Peter Akemann, who is 'deeply sorry for the mistake ... Hans Gutknecht/MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily News via Getty ...

Peter Tripp Akemann, 56, ... Akemann appeared in court in downtown Los Angeles on Jan. 31 and was released on a $15,000 bond.

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.