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Case dismissed against Kentucky man who shot down UAV

October 28, 2015  By NBC News

The case against a Kentucky man who was arrested after shooting down his neighbor's drone was dismissed on Monday.


William H. Merideth was cleared of first-degree endangerment and criminal mischief charges Monday when a judge ruled he had the right to shoot down David Boggs’ drone.

“I think it’s credible testimony that his drone was hovering from anywhere, for two or three times over these people’s property, that it was an invasion of their privacy and that they had the right to shoot this drone,” Bullitt County Judge Rebecca Ward said, according to NBC affiliate WAVE. | READ MORE

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