Drone Pilot Arrested After CMA Fest, Preds Party Flyover

NASHVILLE, TN — A 53-year-old Goodlettsville man is charged with reckless endangerment after piloting his drone over the CMA Fest concert at Nissan Stadium and the Nashville Predators Stanley Cup Final Game 6 watch party on Lower Broad Sunday, according to police.

Morris B. Haddox stands accused of flying his video-camera-equipped drone over the crowds. A Metro Police helicopter pilot saw the drone around 7:40 p.m. and monitored it until it landed at a Nashville Fire Department parking lot at Fifth Street and Fatherland in East Nashville. The helicopter pilot saw a man put the drone into an Acura and drive off, according to a police report. (For more updates on this story and free news alerts for your neighborhood, sign up for your local Middle Tennessee Patch morning newsletter.)

Patrol officers stopped the car and cited Haddox with reckless endangerment because he did not maintain a line of sight with his drone. Later, a Nissan Stadium official filed a trespassing charge against Haddox, as well.

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