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"Hazardous drone operation" leads to two arrests in Boston
See BS 'News' ^ | 12/15/24 | Matt Schooley

Posted on 12/15/2024 11:19:37 AM PST by Libloather

BOSTON – Two people were arrested Saturday night in Boston for what police describe as a "hazardous drone operation."

Robert Duffy, 42, of Charlestown, and 32-year-old Jeremy Folcik of Bridgewater were arrested on Long Island in Boston Harbor.

Both men are charged with trespassing. Additional fines or charges could be added, Boston police said.

Boston drone arrests

According to Boston police, an officer spotted an Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) flying close to Logan Airport. The officer was able to find the drone's location, altitude, flight history and track the operator to Long Island.

Because the drones were close to the Logan Airport airspace, Boston police worked with Homeland Security, Massachusetts State Police, the Joint Terrorism Task Force, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), and Logan Airport Air Traffic Control as part of its investigation.

Three people were found inside the Long Island Health Campus, which is no longer in operation.

When police arrived, they say one of the suspects ran. Duffy and Folcik were taken into custody. Officers said they found a drone inside Duffy's backpack. The third suspect is believed to have fled the area on a small boat.

Duffy and Folcik are scheduled to be arraigned in Dorchester District Court in the coming days.

Drones in Massachusetts

Boston police reminded the public that recreational drone operators must follow FAA guidelines. Drones cannot be flown over people or vehicles, and operators must follow airspace restrictions.

(Excerpt) Read more at cbsnews.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Outdoors; Travel; UFO's
KEYWORDS: antifa; arrest; boston; bridgewater; charlestown; drone; hazardous; jeremyfolcik; massachusetts; newsfromgroversmill; robertduffy
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1 posted on 12/15/2024 11:19:37 AM PST by Libloather
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To: Libloather

These appear to be small, hobbyists drones.

This will clear up all the ignorance on the subject.

https://faadronezone-access.faa.gov/#/


2 posted on 12/15/2024 11:24:00 AM PST by delta7
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To: Libloather

These appear to be small, hobbyists drones.

This will clear up all the ignorance on the subject.

https://faadronezone-access.faa.gov/#/


3 posted on 12/15/2024 11:24:20 AM PST by delta7
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To: delta7

https://www.faa.gov/uas


4 posted on 12/15/2024 11:25:02 AM PST by delta7
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To: Libloather
The officer was able to find the drone's location, altitude, flight history and track the operator to Long Island.

But they can't do the same for a bunch of others...

5 posted on 12/15/2024 11:26:54 AM PST by grobdriver (The CDC can KMA!)
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To: Libloather

It’s a start.


6 posted on 12/15/2024 11:28:04 AM PST by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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“Three people were found inside the Long Island Health Campus, which is no longer in operation.”


7 posted on 12/15/2024 11:29:40 AM PST by piasa (Attitude adjustmilents offered here free of charge)
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To: Libloather

I suppose Pedo Joe is going to want to pardon these two clowns before he starts his new job somewhere else.


8 posted on 12/15/2024 11:30:23 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (With a Congress that half of which is made up of foreigners and refugees, why do we need a U.N.?)
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To: Libloather

“Officers said they found a drone inside Duffy’s backpack.”

It must have been HUGE!


9 posted on 12/15/2024 11:44:28 AM PST by Revel
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To: FlingWingFlyer

Will Joe go back to teaching at Penn?


10 posted on 12/15/2024 11:45:49 AM PST by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: Libloather
were arrested on Long Island in Boston Harbor.

I didn't see that on my first read, so I thought ithey were flying from New York's Long Island, which is not a hobbyist drone range.

11 posted on 12/15/2024 11:47:38 AM PST by KarlInOhio (Now unburdened by the Biden/Harris administration that has been.)
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To: Libloather

Robert Duffy, 42, of Charlestown, and 32-year-old Jeremy Folcik ^^ ^^

Childhood maturity never leaves some people.


12 posted on 12/15/2024 11:52:19 AM PST by Vaduz
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To: Libloather

The government finds drone operators. Unless the government doesn’t want to.

This is solid evidence that NJ/NY drone thing is just the US government running an operation and refusing to be honest about it.


13 posted on 12/15/2024 11:56:21 AM PST by ClearCase_guy
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To: Libloather

But the car-sized drones of unknown provenance are nothing to worry about.


14 posted on 12/15/2024 12:22:42 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is █████ ██ ████ ████ ████ █ ███████ ████. FJB.)
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To: Libloather

At this point in the hysteria arc anybody with a toy drone can cause a War Of The Worlds size panic. Some do.


15 posted on 12/15/2024 12:24:55 PM PST by Billthedrill
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To: Revel

lol

The size of a car.

The guy was big :)


16 posted on 12/15/2024 12:32:15 PM PST by dp0622 (Tried a coup, a fake tax story, tramp slander, Russia nonsense, impeachment and a virus. They lost.)
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To: dp0622

MQ-1 OR MQ-9-—?


17 posted on 12/15/2024 1:03:13 PM PST by Big Red Badger (ALL Things Will be Revealed !)
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To: Libloather

Ahhhh. The small touch of realism pulled into a fake widespread UFO/Drone story concoction. Why is it legacy media is pushing this now. What are they hiding and diverting attention from?


18 posted on 12/15/2024 1:36:21 PM PST by Gaffer
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

“the car-sized drones of unknown provenance are nothing to worry about”

They can be found in monster size back-packs—carried around by Bigfoot.

Lol.


19 posted on 12/15/2024 1:40:59 PM PST by cgbg (It is time to pull the Deep State out of the mass media--like ticks from a dog.)
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To: KarlInOhio
Me, too.

Found a map of it.


20 posted on 12/15/2024 2:32:26 PM PST by Alas Babylon! (Repeal the Patriot Act; Abolish the DHS; reform FBI top to bottom!)
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