Georgia man pleads guilty to impersonating airman
A Georgia man has pleaded guilty to attempting to serve as an airman of an unmanned aircraft system without obtaining an airman’s certificate, according to a news release.
Cheikh Hassane Toure pleaded guilty April 28 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia.
In October, Toure was indicted by a federal grand jury.
On Aug. 26, 2019, Toure and another defendant intended to use a UAS to deliver contraband — including 14 cellphones — to George Lo, an inmate at Telfair State Prison, according to the release.
In Toure’s signed plea agreement, he admitted to not having the required FAA airman’s certificate to operate a UAS, according to the release.
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