18 because he was curious after hearing a police helicopter and sirens, according to court documents.
A criminal complaint quotes an officer saying that if the drone had hit the helicopter's main rotor, it could have brought down the helicopter.Hernandez admitted to investigators that he operated the drone, according to a criminal complaint.He said the drone is hard to see at night, he looked down for a few seconds at the controller, and when he looked up he saw it was "smacked" by the hovering helicopter, according to the document.