Peter Akemann, the man accused of damaging a super scooper plane with a drone while flying it over the Palisades Fire, has pleaded guilty.

A Culver City man agreed to plead guilty in connection with an unauthorized drone's collision with a Super Scooper firefighting aircraft that was flying over the Palisades Fire in Los Angeles County.

LOS ANGELES -- Federal charges were announced against a Culver City, California, man on Friday in connection with a civilian drone that hit and damaged a water-dropping "Super Scooper" aircraft ...

Peter Akemann, 56, of Culver City, has agreed to plead guilty to one count of unsafe operation of an unmanned aircraft for the Jan. 9 drone collision, which damaged the Canadian "super scooper ...

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

It managed to safely land, but the Super Scooper was left out of commission for several days while the fire burned. It was only one of two Super Scoopers available. "Lack of common sense and ...

A Culver City man will plead guilty to operating the drone that damaged and temporarily grounded a Canadian Super Scooper firefighting plane while crews battled the deadly Palisades fire ...