Amid multiple reports of possible drone activity over Massachusetts, the Boston Police Department arrested two men who are accused of hazardous drone operation in the Boston Harbor Islands.
Robert Duffy, 42, of Charlestown and Jeremy Folcik, 32, of Bridgewater, Massachusetts were arrested Saturday night by the Boston Police Harbor Patrol Unit on Long Island, which is part of the Boston Harbor Islands.
Police said the two men were operating the drone near Logan Airport’s airspace and the two men now face charges of trespassing, with additional fines or charges potentially forthcoming.
The incident began around 4:30 p.m. Saturday, police said, when an officer specializing in real-time crime surveillance detected an Unmanned Aircraft System operating dangerously close to Logan International Airport.
Police said the officer was able to identify the drone’s location, altitude, flight history, and the operators’ position on Long Island.
Due to the drone’s close proximity to Logan Airport, police said additional resources were mobilized, including coordination with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the Massachusetts State Police, the Joint Terrorism Task Force, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and Logan Airport Air Traffic Control to address the situation.
Police said they dispatched members of the Boston Police Harbor