Yinpiao Zhou, a Chinese citizen arrested in December for flying a modified drone over Vandenberg Space Force Base and taking ...

Yinpiao Zhou of Contra Costa County pleaded guilty on March 10 to one federal count of violating the national defense airspace, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. U.S. District Judge John F.

A California man has been sentenced to jail for flying a drone over Vandenberg Space Force Base and photographing the ...

Yinpiao Zhou, a Chinese national arrested for illegally flying a modified drone over Vandenberg Space Force Base and capturing photographs, has been sentenced to four months of imprisonment, followed ...

Yinpiao Zhou of Contra Costa County pleaded guilty on March 10 to one federal count of violating the national defense airspace, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. In a Los Angeles ...

In late 2024, the Department of Justice announced charges against Yinpiao Zhou, 39, for allegedly flying a drone over Vandenberg Space Force Base in California and taking photos of the facility.

Yinpiao Zhou was sentenced Monday morning by a U.S. district judge in Los Angeles to four months in prison with a year of supervised released. He was also ordered to pay a $200 fine and $25 ...

On November 30, 2024, 34-year-old Yinpiao Zhou flew a drone from Lompoc’s Ocean Beach to photograph the midnight launch of a rocket carrying a national reconnaissance satellite, using software on his ...