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L.A. Man Sentenced to 14 Days in Prison for Accidentally Crashing Drone Into Firefighting Plane | The man will also get home detention and pay $156,000 in restitution and fines.


The man will also get home detention and pay $156,000 in restitution and fines.

Peter Tripp Akemann of Culver City pleaded guilty in February to recklessly operating a drone that crashed into a Super Scooper firefighting plane. U.S. District Judge Michael W. Fitzgerald sentenced Akemann to serve 14 days in federal prison and a month of home detention, according to a report from the Orange County Register. Photo by David Crane/MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily News via Getty ImagesIn addition to the brief prison time and home detention, Akemann has been ordered to pay about $156,000 in restitution and fines, according to the Orange County Register.

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