▶ Brossart Jailed in North Dakota by Police with aid from Homeland Defense UAV Video - Gets 3 Years

▶ First American Jailed In Drone-Assisted Arrest Gets 3 Years - Video Dailymotion


First American Jailed I
A North Dakota rancher, Rodney Brossart, will go down in history as the first U.S. citizen to be convicted and jailed thanks to evidence gathered by a drone.

Court Upholds Domestic Drone Use in Arrest of American Citizen - US News and World Report
District Judge Joel Medd wrote that "there was no improper use of an unmanned aerial vehicle" and that the drone "appears to have had no bearing on these charges being contested here," according to the documents.

Court records state that last June, six cows wandered onto Brossart's 3,000 acre farm, about 60 miles west of Grand Forks. Brossart allegedly refused to return the cows, which led to a long, armed standoff with the Grand Forks police department. At some point during the standoff, Homeland Security, through an agreement with local police, offered up the use of an unmanned predator drone, which "was used for surveillance," according to the court documents.

BROSSART TRIAL: Defense puts spotlight on deputy
Actual conviction based on resisting search by Deputy for stray cattle on his land. Deputy accused of using excessive force.