Feb 4, 2025 · Peter Akemann - co-founder of Call Of Duty's Treyarch and recent president of The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners studio Skydance Interactive - has pleaded guilty to crashing a drone into a firefighting plane assisting with the recent LA wildfires. The crash, which grounded the plane by damaging its left wing, occurred after Akemann ignored temporary drone restrictions in order to survey the ...

Jan 31, 2025 · 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.

Jan 31, 2025 · Akemann, who worked with Skydance’s video game and virtual reality arm starting in 2016 and recently left his role, agreed to a guilty plea of one count of unsafe operation of an unmanned aircraft.

Feb 3, 2025 · A co-founder of the Call of Duty studio Treyarch recently pleaded guilty to striking a firefighting plane with a drone during the recent LA fires. Under the plea deal, Peter T. Akemann will avoid ...

Jan 31, 2025 · Peter Tripp Akemann, 56, has agreed to plead guilty to one count of unsafe operation of an unmanned aircraft. This morning federal prosecutors filed a criminal information charging Akemann with the misdemeanor offense that carries a prison sentence of up to one year in federal prison.

Feb 3, 2025 · Prosecutors said Akemann, who is from Culver City in LA, flew the drone more than 1.5 miles toward the fire and lost sight of it. As he flew the drone, it struck a Government of Quebec fire plane ...

Jan 31, 2025 · Peter Tripp Akemann, 56, of Culver City was charged with unsafe operation of an unmanned aircraft. He could still face up to a year in federal prison, prosecutors said.

Feb 1, 2025 · Akemann is 'deeply sorry' and will plead guilty to a misdemeanor offense after his drone collided with an aircraft fighting the Palisades Fire in January.

Jan 31, 2025 · According to the plea agreement, on Jan. 9, Akemann drove to the top of the Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica, California, and flew a drone toward the Palisades Fire to see the damage. After ...

Jan 31, 2025 · Akemann, who worked at the David Ellison-run Skydance from 2016 until around 2022, apparently took his drone to the top of a parking lot at the Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica on January 9 ...