Boston man agrees to $5,000 fine for flying drone near finish line during Boston Marathon, officials say
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A Boston man has agreed to pay a $5,000 criminal fine and give up his $4,000 drone after he allegedly flew it near the finish line at the Boston Marathon in April, prompting law enforcement and bomb technicians to seize the device in the air, officials said. Allan Nip, 30, was arraigned Monday in US District Court in Boston on a charge of unlawfully flying a drone in restricted national defense airspace, the US attorney’s office said in a statement. A deferred prosecution agreement that was filed along with the...
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