Los Angeles, CA —As Crimefile News prepares to cover the first ever Drone Expo here on Saturday, we are watching as more corporate and business refugees are fleeing this once great nation.   Americans are also renouncing their citizenship now, more than ever before. Currently drone hobbyists have no licensing or training requirements to fly their drones.   T he only FAA restrictions currently are in the form of somewhat vague “guidelines”.   They suggest maximum altitudes of 400 feet, staying three miles or more from airports and keeping visual contact with the drone. Frankly the hobbyists have already proven that civilian drones really pose no threat to Americans, their safety or privacy.   The only hard and fast enforceable civilian drone regulation is that they can’t be used to earn or generate money.   Of course the government can’t realize any income tax revenue from drone operators either.   Civilian multi-rotor drones cur...

Phoenix, AZ --In this state where concealed carrying if firearms by law-abiding citizens requires no license or permits the choices of guns are unlimited.  However I teach and preach that conflict avoidance is the best policy.  Walk softly but carry a big stick is the right way. Here is a lovely pair of somewhat effective hideout guns.  One is the Smith & Wesson Model 340PD .357 Magnum.  The other is a vintage High Standard .22 Magnum derringer. Both of these guns are outfitted with elegant Kirinite grips from www.eaglegrips.com .  The color of this set is called LAVA and you'll never find a more durable or stronger material for gun grips than this incredible Kirinite. The color or pattern choices are nearly limitless.  This is all about personalizing your firearms.  

Photo courtesy of KNBC-TV News Los Angeles, CA —The City of Angeles was the scene of an overnight structure fire larger than I have ever seen before.  Reportedly over 250 firefighters battled the firestorm since it was reported at 1:20 AM.  The massive blaze was adjacent to the Harbor #110 Freeway at the 900 block of Fremont Avenue.  Additionally two nearby commercial high-rise buildings were severely damaged by heat, smoke, hundreds of broken windows and flooding from the sprinkler systems.  Broken glass and debris could be found all over the neighborhood.   By mid-morning the fire was nearly out but visibly smoldering.  I sent my drone up from the opposite side of the Harbor Freeway, which apparently was the only vantage point to see the ruins.  The structure itself, which incidentally is located adjacent to a fire station, was to become the Da Vinci Apartments .  At least one million square feet of prime property...

Los Angeles, CA —Report after report has been broadcast and published by the mainstream media alleging dangerous misconduct committed by people piloting little camera drones. “Experts” quoted in media reports are constantly citing serious danger and privacy concerns.   They all talk about the large number of the sighting reports as a reason to regulate, restrict or otherwise outlaw this new technology. There is just something really fishy about this propaganda campaign.   There is not one reported collision between a single little drone and any aircraft.   Despite the reality that absolutley everyone has a decent cellphone camera in their pocket there is not a single image of a drone even near an aircraft.   All  we have are unsubstantiated claims from various pilots flying conventional aircraft.   More importantly there is not a single death or serious injury involving a civilian multi-rotor camera drone despite the fact that more th...

Los Angeles, CA —As a young man Bruce Jenner was a world-class athlete.  He earned all of his fame and fortune the hard way.  As a result Jenner has certainly lived an enviable life.  He’s been married to three beautiful women and is the father and stepfather to ten lucky children. Jenner has been successful in everything he’s done from marketing aircraft to network sports casting and of course acting.  Jenner is also addicted to the hobby of flying model helicopters and multi-rotor drones.  Jenner is a fine example for anyone to follow as a human being.  He’s also well known for being kind to strangers. In the last nearly two years the 65 year-old Jenner has changed in appearance.  Long hair, earrings in both ears, and a less pronounced Adam’s apple.  Reportedly he’s been seen and photographed wearing feminine nail polish. Jenner’s now in the midst of a divorce from his third wife Kris as the rumors of gender confusion...

Abbe Lyle, photographer, conventional aircraft and drone pilot. Los Angeles, CA —As we speak I’m producing a documentary about multi-rotor camera drones and their pilots. There is so much ignorance, fear and loathing out there clouding the truth.   Every day various conventional aircraft pilots are reporting drone sightings.  Are these things somehow a public threat? This trend is very reminiscent of the late 1950’s and early 1960’s when Hollywood films about flying saucers and little green men were very popular.  Suddenly t here were imaginative but somewhat credible sounding UFO and alien sightings by various airline pilots reported in the news almost nightly. Now it's the multi-rotor drones some of which have been reported being seen by some pilots at 30,000 feet and traveling at Mach 1.   If you own or operate these little devices you know the claims are quite ridicules. As a licensed private investigator and drone pilot I can say they ar...