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Drones involved in two pipeline protest criminal cases
Two participants in the Dakota Access Pipeline protest have been charged with crimes related to using drones in what may be the first criminal cases in North Dakota against drone operators. One man is charged with stalking after he used … Continue reading
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Who’s sky is it anyway? U.S. drone case tests rights to air space
When a small town American roofer took legal action against a neighbor for shooting down his drone, the local dispute sparked a case that could help shape the newest frontier of property rights law – who owns the air. Drone … Continue reading
Final defendant gets 13 years in prison drone case
“The last of three defendants has been sentenced to 13 years in prison for trying to fly contraband into a maximum-security state prison aboard a drone aircraft. The Office of the State’s Attorney for Allegany County said in a news … Continue reading
Not Part of Video’s Script: An Arrest for Flying a Drone
“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 … Continue reading
