Drone Drug Dealer Sentenced to 14 Years

0:00It's April 22nd. You're listening to California News today, AI-powered local news. I'm Cory with the story. A 37-year-old dude named Christopher Laney, who goes by cranny, just got slammed with 14 years in federal prison for slinging fentanyl. Via Drone, he pleaded guilty to using an unregistered one to drop narcotics at a Lancaster Church parking lot, and one lethal batch killed a woman from overdose. Back in January 2023, prosecutors laid it out from December 2022, through early January, Laney flew the drone super short hops 600 feet up to 15. 100 feet from his nearby home? Straight to that lot. Waiting hands grabbed the drops and passed them to buyers, including the victim they call JK, whose death sparked the whole bust. The drone cam even recorded those shady handoffs. When agents raided his place right after, they uncovered meth, more fentanyl, and illegal firearms, a ghost gun, AR-15-style rifle, plus two, 9-millimeter semi-auto ghost pistols with no cereals.

1:05Multiple agencies, by the DEA, LA County Sheriff's, FAA, and Customs Board of Protection, teamed up to shut this down, proving even backyard tech, can't outrun the law forever.