Stories
Slash Boxes
Comments

SoylentNews is people

Man Shoots Down Drone, Gets Hit With Felony Charges in Minnesota

posted by Fnord666 on Monday May 18 2020, @03:41AM   Printer-friendly
from the duck-season-drone-season dept.

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:

Man charged for shooting down drone:

Travis Duane Winters, 34, of Butterfield, was charged with criminal damage to property and reckless discharge of a weapon within city limits Monday in Watonwan County District Court.

A sheriff’s deputy was called Friday to a disturbance at Butterfield Foods. A man said he was flying over the food production company to capture images of the chickens that were being “slaughtered” because of the pandemic.

The suspect admitted to using a shotgun to shoot down the drone — which was valued at $1,900.

I have no idea what you're talking about officer. It must have just crashed. Did that nice gentleman have an FAA permit to fly that drone? He could have hurt someone crashing his drone on our property like that.

Previously:
(2016-01-09) Update: Dad Who Shot Down Drone is Getting Sued. Who Owns the Skies?
(2015-10-28) Update: Dad Who Shot "Snooping Vid Drone" Out of the Sky is Cleared of Charges
(2015-08-02) Man Arrested for Shooting Down Drone Flying Over His Property
(2015-06-29) Man Shoots Down Neighbor's Hexacopter

Original Submission

 
This discussion has been archived. No new comments can be posted.
Man Shoots Down Drone, Gets Hit With Felony Charges in Minnesota | Log In/Create an Account | Top | 67 comments | Search Discussion
Display Options Threshold/Breakthrough Mark All as Read Mark All as Unread
The Fine Print: The following comments are owned by whoever posted them. We are not responsible for them in any way.

  • (Score: 3, Funny) by epitaxial on Monday May 18 2020, @05:46PM (4 children)

    by epitaxial (3165) on Monday May 18 2020, @05:46PM (#995940)

    Using your argument google maps is an invasion of privacy. If you're worried about people seeing your illegal acts then maybe you could always stop doing them?

    Starting Score:    1  point
    Moderation   +1  
       Funny=1, Total=1
    Extra 'Funny' Modifier   0  
    Karma-Bonus Modifier   +1  
    Total Score:   3  

  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by RS3 on Monday May 18 2020, @06:32PM (1 child)

    by RS3 (6367) on Monday May 18 2020, @06:32PM (#995955)

    You usually write more intelligently.

    • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 19 2020, @12:53AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 19 2020, @12:53AM (#996106)

      No, he doesn't. But then, look at what he has to respond to!

  • (Score: 2, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 18 2020, @06:47PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 18 2020, @06:47PM (#995963)

    Actually, you have a very good point about Google Maps. Certain aspects of Google Maps' Street View are not legal everywhere. [wikipedia.org]

    They have been fined for violations in the past and forced to remove or blur location, vehicle, and personal images. Obviously things vary depending on locale, but it's not a universally permitted activity.

  • (Score: 2) by RS3 on Tuesday May 19 2020, @06:27PM

    by RS3 (6367) on Tuesday May 19 2020, @06:27PM (#996444)

    BTW, if your comment was meant in humor, I deeply apologize for my curt post about intelligence. Regardless, I wish I could delete it.

    I feel quite strongly in favor of protecting privacy. However, as with most things in life, it's a two-sided coin. IE, there are pros and cons, and the debates will rage on...