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

A Culver City man has agreed to plead guilty to crashing a drone into a Super Scooper aircraft making water drops over the deadly Palisades Fire, grounding the powerful firefighting aircraft early into the battle against the growing wildfire.

"Contrary to law and basic common sense, some individuals were recklessly operating drones around the firefighting relief efforts," Acting U.S. Attorney Joseph McNally said. Peter Akemann is expected to appear in federal court on Friday,