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Bucks Man Convicted Of Shooting Down Police Drone Gets Prison Time Bucks Man Convicted Of Shooting Down Police Drone Gets Prison Time
Bucks Man Convicted Of Shooting Down Police Drone Gets Prison Time A Middletown man will spend up to 22 years in prison for gunning down a police drone during his arrest last year, among other charges.  John Palaio Jr., 51, was previously convicted of 19 counts — including seven felonies — at a waiver trial before Common Pleas Judge Charissa J. Liller in May, the District Attorney's Office said.  Police were serving an arrest warrant at Palaio's Pleasant Avenue home last July 6 on drug and weapons charges, the DA's Office said.  Authorities launched a surveillance drone to confirm that he was on the property, but the ope…

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