“Sean Riddle said the other inmates in the Manhattan holding cell that night were laughing — at him. Someone had overheard him talking to his court-appointed lawyer.
“They would say, ‘What are you in for?’” Mr. Riddle, 28, recalled a few days later.
He replied, “‘I’m the drone guy.’”
On paper, the drone guy seemed harmless enough. According to a criminal complaint, on Feb. 4 at 5:30 p.m., the defendant, Mr. Riddle, “operated said ‘drone’” in front of a building at 350 Fifth Avenue. Operating the drone created “substantial risk of physical injury to pedestrians,” the complaint stated, although no one was hurt.”
By: Michael Wilson | February 14, 2016 | New York Times
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