He shot the $1,800 drone down from out of the sky and it crashed in his backyard in Hillview, Kentucky
Unhappy dad: William H. Merideth, pictured with his shotgun, took action after his daughters complained
Posted on 08/01/2015 11:31:04 AM PDT by Enlightened1
A father has been arrested after shooting down an $1,800 drone that was reportedly hovering over his two sunbathing daughters.
William H. Merideth, 47, from Kentucky was charged with first-degree criminal mischief and first-degree wanton endangerment.
The owner of the drone claims he was only trying to take pictures of a friend's house when Merideth shot at the device, sending it crashing into a field near his yard last weekend.
Sunday afternoon, the kids – my girls – were out on the back deck, and the neighbors were out in their yard," Merideth told WDRD. 'And they come in and said, "Dad, there’s a drone out here, flying over everybody’s yard."
'I went and got my shotgun and I said, "I'm not going to do anything unless it's directly over my property,"' he added.
At that time, the drone was hovering over the house of a neighbor, Kim VanMater, who has a 16-year-old daughter who likes to lay out by the pool.
VanMeter said: '(The drone) was just hovering above our house and it stayed for a few moments and then my daughter finally waved and it took off.'
It then allegedly flew over the Merideths' garden.
Mr Merideth said: 'Within a minute or so, here it came. It was hovering over top of my property, and I shot it out of the sky. I didn't shoot across the road, I didn't shoot across my neighbor's fences, I shot directly into the air.'
Four men were about to confront him after the drone was shot out of the sky, but he says they soon changed their minds when they saw his firearms.
'I had my Glock on me and they started toward me and I told them, "If you cross my sidewalk, there's gonna be another shooting,"'
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He shot the $1,800 drone down from out of the sky and it crashed in his backyard in Hillview, Kentucky
Unhappy dad: William H. Merideth, pictured with his shotgun, took action after his daughters complained
I hope he gets a jury trial.
Perverts will brook no check on their perversion.
Many people would do this I am clapping my hands!
[ Perverts will brook no check on their perversion. ]
Perverts of a feather duster, dust us together....
Just ask all the Perverts and Pedophiles and other unsavory types in the Democrat Party and the RINO wing of the democrap party.
What’s the problem here?
This is a current question that needs to be addressed.
What is “your property?”
Is the air above and ground below the surface sovereign and defensible?
I’d pay money to see that trial...
Perry Mason eat yer heart out..
Hopefully the father would get some bucks for more ammo..
Based on these facts I sure wouldn’t convict him of anything.
If anyone shoots down my drone, they’d better damn well know the law and their rights because I sure as hell know mine.
“first-degree criminal mischief and first-degree wanton endangerment.”
It would take me about 2 seconds to deliberate that verdict.
Cool, he has his own drone blind....
Endangerment---> depending on the specifics of the charge (I haven't read the piece) I *might* vote guilty.But probably not.
it sure is....unless there are subsurface mineral rights
Particularly if you're a neighbor you could get a lewd and lascivious charge if the girls are *over* a certain age and a kiddie porn charge if any of them are *under* that age.
You have to be above or below a certain level before it becomes public. Air is 500 feet I believe. Not sure for below but your neighbor may not dig a tunnel that runs under your property without your permission
I don’t suppose it occurred to him to ask them to fly over different property?
You mean like not flying it over buildings or flying over, or near people like this drone's owner was doing? Those kind of rights?
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