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

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


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  • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 18 2020, @06:08PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 18 2020, @06:08PM (#995947)

    No duty to retreat in your own fucking home? Way to protect your natural born rights, you fucking rebel! Minnesota is fucking pitiful. Don't forget your burka when you go outside, brainwashed Dhimmis.

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