Posted on 07/01/2024 11:02:24 AM PDT by Red Badger
The Lake County Sheriff’s Department in Florida reported a 72-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly shooting down a Walmart delivery drone.
Dennis Winn, 72, was arrested after he allegedly shot down a Walmart Delivery drone that was making mock deliveries in his neighborhood.
According to Local 12 News, Winn fired shots at the drone because he believed it was watching him.
Winn is being charged with”shooting at an aircraft, criminal mischief with damage over $1,000, and discharging a firearm on public or residential property.”
Despite taking a bullet, the drone was able to fly back safely to Walmart, but an investigation revealed the drone received close to $2,500 worth of damages.
Per WCTV:
A Florida man was arrested after he shot down a Walmart delivery drone in his neighborhood, according to officials.
The Lake County Sheriff’s Office said they received a call about a Walmart delivery drone being shot on Wednesday.
Responding deputies confirmed there was a bullet hole in the load that the drone was carrying.
Witnesses identified the shooter as Dennis Winn, 72. When speaking with deputies, Winn admitted to shooting at the drone once with a 9mm pistol, the sheriff’s office said.
Winn was arrested and charged with shooting at an aircraft, criminal mischief damage over $1,000, and discharging a firearm in public or residential property.
According to Forbes, Walmart started offering drone deliveries in 2021 and currently offers them in Arizona, Florida, and Texas.
Here’s how Walmart’s drone deliveries work:
VIDEO AT LINK..............
Despite taking a bullet, the drone was able to fly back safely to Walmart’
For those in Rio Linda, when a Boeing B17 in WWII made it back to England and landed on its belly, with the tail falling off as it comes to a stop, it was not “shot down”. If you make it back, you were not “shot down”.
Interesting motor layout.
Way to go Florida Man!
Good shooting too.
Florida Man should demand a jury trial. In Lake County, he would have a fair chance of acquittal, so he will probably be offered a generous plea deal.
I think it went down, but after the load was removed it was able to fly on its own.............
I thought there was a height above and below. Thanks for clarifying that. Makes sense.
Interesting article: https://www.housedigest.com/844848/heres-who-really-owns-the-space-above-your-house/
And someone might not get their prescription medication delivered.................
Don’t drones fly below FAA airspace? Aren’t “aircraft” under jurisdiction of the FAA?
Is a kid’s box kite considered an “aircraft”?
Firing from public or private property? Pretty sure people shoot on private property all the time.
It says “mock” delivery, meaning the payload was nothing.
I see some wiggle room in Florida Man’s charges here.
According to the article the drone was making “mock deliveries.” I assume it was making practice runs.
I would expect the mock deliveries to have some sort of weight to simulate cargo carrying capacity...............
Porch pirates beware.
Drone pilots beware.
Get off the air above my lawn!
“Watch this”
Age 72........Hold muh prune juice and watch this............
I say drones for retail product delivery are a case in point of technology outpacing and outstripping COMMON SENSE.
Like so-called SMART PHONE TECHNOLOGY made easily accessible and affordable to large populations of REALLY STUPID PEOPLE.
People of every conceivable nationality, income, age, disability, race, and gender, who WEAR THEIR HATS ON BACKWARDS and whose SEAT OF REASONING has completely migrated away from SOMEWHERE BETWEEN THEIR EARS, to SOMEWHERE BETWEEN THEIR THUMBS.
Just because you CAN do something, doesn’t mean you SHOULD.
I love Bugs and Daffy in that hunting skit with Elmer Fudd. Also the Shropshire Slasher in “Deduce, You Say.”
I know this is going to happen. This won’t be the last time I’m drone is shot out of the air.
“Responding deputies confirmed there was a bullet hole in the load that the drone was carrying.”
Florida:
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