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Peter Tripp Akemann is facing jail time after he crashed his drone into a firefighting aircraft battling the Palisades Fire

He was sentenced to 14 days in federal prison, 30 days of home detention and ordered to pay over $150,000 in restitution and fees

Glen T. Jonas, an attorney for Akemann said in statement shared with PEOPLE that his client "should not be defined by one lapse in judgement"

A California tech executive has been sentenced to jail time and ordered to pay over $150,000 after he crashed his drone into a firefighting aircraft battling the Palisades Fire .

On Sept. 15, a United States district judge in the Central District of California sentenced Peter Tripp Akemann of Culver City, Calif., to 14 days in federal prison, 30 days of home detention and two yea

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