Teen who posted weaponized drone videos fights expulsion
(AP) — A teenager who posted online videos of flying drones shooting a gun and a flamethrower in his backyard appeared in court Monday to fight his expulsion from Central Connecticut State University.
The videos led the Federal Aviation Administration to subpoena Haughwout and his father late last year, saying the weaponized drones were capable of causing serious injury to people or property.
Haughwout and his father, Bret Haughwout, refused to comply at first, saying the subpoenas violated their constitutional right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures and questioning the agency's authority to regulate recreational drones.
Clinton police announced in June that they charged him with enticing a minor with a computer, attempted sexual assault and possession of child pornography after police say they found child porn on his cellphone.