A North Dakota farmer was sentenced to three years in prison after he was located by a border surveillance drone. Rodney Brossart was sentenced to three years in jail after police were able to apprehend him for failing to return three cows that had wandered onto his property. Three. Cows. On. His. Property. And it wasn't just the drone that was after him.
An armed standoff between Brossart, his three sons and a SWAT team then ensued on Brossart’s property, which only ended after father and sons were located by a border-surveillance Predator borrowed from Customs and Border Patrol (CBP).
You are probably asking, "Is it legal for a drone to surveil a suspect without a warrant?" Brossart's attorney tried to get the case dismissed claiming this same point, but the judge rejected the motion.
