The incident allegedly happened during a stretch of time when drone sightings were on the rise across the Garden State.

James M. Pedone, 27, who now faces up to five years in federal prison and a $250,000 fine, made an initial appearance in court on Thursday.

The defendant has agreed to pay more than $65,000 in restitution and faces up to a year in federal prison, prosecutors said.

A drone that authorities say was flying in restricted airspace on Jan. 9 put a fist-sized hole in the wing of a Super Scooper ...

Russian anti-aircraft defenses have shot down 50 Ukrainian drones overnight over the territory of three regions of the ...

Peter Tripp Akemann, 56, agreed to plead guilty to one count of unsafe operation of an unmanned aircraft, federal prosecutors ...

Federal authorities say a man has agreed to plead guilty to unsafely operating a drone that collided with a firefighting ...

Newly released drone footage captures the devastating aftermath of a plane crash in Philadelphia on Friday night. The crash ...

A California man agrees to plead guilty to one count of unsafe operation of an unmanned aircraft after his drone collides with firefighting Super Scooper aircraft battling the Palisades Fire.

A Culver City man will plead guilty to operating the drone that damaged and temporarily grounded a Canadian Super Scooper ...

The pilot of a drone that crashed into a firefighting plane, leaving a gaping hole and grounding the aircraft during the ...

A Southern California man operating a drone that collided with a firefighting airplane flying over Palisades Fire last month has admitted to recklessly operating the aircraft, federal court ...