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Dad who shot 'snooping vid drone' out of the sky is cleared of charges [View all]
A father who shot down a drone that was hovering over his family home in Kentucky has been cleared of all charges.
Dad-of-two William Merideth thought the quadcopter was spying on his daughters in their yard in Hillview, and blasted the gizmo out of the sky with a shotgun. That earned him the title "Drone Slayer" from pro-privacy quarters.
Merideth was arrested shortly after in July, and charged with criminal mischief and wanton endangerment.
He appeared before the Bullitt County District Court on Monday this week, and after a two and a half hour hearing, Judge Rebecca Ward dismissed the case against him.
Dad-of-two William Merideth thought the quadcopter was spying on his daughters in their yard in Hillview, and blasted the gizmo out of the sky with a shotgun. That earned him the title "Drone Slayer" from pro-privacy quarters.
Merideth was arrested shortly after in July, and charged with criminal mischief and wanton endangerment.
He appeared before the Bullitt County District Court on Monday this week, and after a two and a half hour hearing, Judge Rebecca Ward dismissed the case against him.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/10/27/drone_dad_william_merideth_cleared/
Good.
This is the guy who's teen age daughter was sunbathing in their back yard when the drone appeared, I probably would have done something similar.
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