Man Charged After Drone Collides With Police Helicopter

Drone flight controller mounted to a smart phone
A photo of the drone flight controller mounted to a smartphone is contained in the criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.
The FBI on Nov. 19 arrested a Hollywood, California, man on charges that he crashed a drone into a Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) helicopter in September. According to a press release issued by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California, the collision took place during...

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