Father who shot down drone hovering over his house as his daughter sunbathed is arrested – sparking new privacy debate
- William H. Merideth, 47, shot down the $1,800 drone hovering over his sunbathing daughter
- The owner of the drone claims he was only trying to take pictures of a friend’s house
- The FAA is still scrambling to design rules about drone use and control
- They have yet to come up with a satisfactory set of regulations
A father shot was arrested after shooting down an $1,800 drone that was hovering over his sunbathing daughter.
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.
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Buzz off! Merideth allegedly told the police that a drone was hovering over his house, where his teenage daughter was sunbathing. So he pulled out his gun and shot it down
‘My daughter comes in and says, ‘Dad, there’s a drone out here flying,’ ‘ he told WDRD.
‘I went and got my shotgun and I said, ‘I’m not going to do anything unless it’s directly over my property,’ ‘ Mr. Merideth said, noting that the drone briefly disappeared when his daughter waved it off.
‘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 personal firearms.
Homeowner explains why he shot drone hovering over house
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