Akemann co-founded Treyarch in 1996, and in 2001 the studio was purchased by Activision, which morphed it into a Call of Duty house. Akemann then co-founded The Workshop, ...

Akemann was charged Friday with the misdemeanor offense that carries up to one year in federal prison, U.S. Attorney's Office for the Central District of California said in a news release.

Akemann is scheduled to appear in court Friday afternoon. It's a federal crime to fly a drone in the middle of firefighting efforts and punishable by up to 12 months in prison.

Akemann appeared in court in downtown Los Angeles on Friday afternoon and was released on a $15,000 bond. Advertisement A Super Scooper drops water on a hillside as the Palisades fire rages on Jan. 7.

California man whose drone collided with firefighting aircraft pleads guilty. Acting U.S. Attorney Joseph McNally announced Friday that Peter Tripp Akemann, 56, of Culver City, California ...

Authorities say Akemann launched the drone from the top of a parking structure in Santa Monica on Jan. 9 and flew it more than 1.5 miles toward the Palisades Fire before losing sight of it.

Peter Akemann has agreed to pay $65,169 to cover plane repairs and to complete 150 hours of community service to help aid Southern California wildfire relief. Ex-Skydance Exec Piloted Drone 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 Tripp Akemann, 56, is suspected of launching the drone from the top floor of a parking structure in Santa Monica and flying it toward the Palisades two days after the fire broke out.

Authorities say Akemann launched the drone from the top of a parking structure in Santa Monica on Jan. 9 and flew it more than 1.5 miles toward the Palisades Fire before losing site of it.

Authorities say Akemann launched the drone from the top of a parking structure in Santa Monica on Jan. 9 and flew it more than 1.5 miles toward the Palisades Fire before losing sight of it.