As the authorities scrambled to deal with the flying menace, hapless teacher Daniel Verley, 26, was seized, and formally charged four hours later when New York cops figured out whether they could actually pin something on him with something.
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US Tennis Association spokesman Chris Widmaier confirmed that no one was injured during the incident.
The incident within the 10,000-seat Louis Armstrong Stadium got here as 26th-seeded Pennetta, of Italy, performed Monica Niculescu, of Romania.
Concerns about drones are rising as the number of unmanned aircraft in the US rises sharply.
He was released and ordered to appear in court at a later date, according to New York police Lt. Thomas Antonetti. “I thought, ‘Okay, it’s over.’ That’s how things happen”, she said.
Whatever reasons for the fall, Pennetta dread the most bad: “I was slightly anxious, I must say”.
An attorney for Verley could not immediately be identified.
The match, which was in what would turn out to be its penultimate game, was paused while security and law enforcement personnel examined the drone, which had broken into a few pieces.
“The chair umpire just wanted to wait for an OK from the police to be able to continue”, Pennetta said”.
The 46-acre complex includes three stadiums and numerous other courts in the city’s Flushing Meadows Corona Park near LaGuardia Airport. Pennetta finally gained, 6-1, 6-Four.
The New York Police Division stated safety on the U.S. Open was already tight earlier than the drone episode and would stay so.
Verley, who teaches at the Academy of Innovative Technology in Brooklyn, was hired by the city in 2013.
It was business as usual Friday at the tournament, where some of the thousands of spectators hadn’t even heard about the drone.
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The object crashed into an empty seating section in Louis Armstrong Stadium, according to Bleacher Report.
