Austin Haughwout has a knack for getting drones featured in news stories� and usually not in a positive light. The 18-year-old�s name first appeared here back in 2014 when he captured viral video of himself getting attacked by a woman on a beach. She claimed that he was being a �pervert� and was using his camera drone to photograph girls in bikinis.
Here�s the video that was shared across the Internet and in many news articles:
Back in March, it was reported that the woman may have her charges cleared through an �accelerated rehab� program.
Before the dust from that case had even settled, Haughwout made headlines with his camera drone again last month. He posted a short 14-second video showing a �Flying Gun� drone with an onboard handgun firing in midair.
The video has since racked up over 3 million views on YouTube and has sparked an FAA investigation.
Haughwout was arrested about a week ago, but it finally wasn�t for anything related to camera drones: he�s being charged with assault after allegedly punching and kicking a police officer during an arrest for a motor vehicle offense. That�s his mugshot up at the top.
Thanks to the LensShark Photography Podcast for sending in this tip.
Started out doing photography at the age of 6 using an uncle's old 1940 kodak brownie box camera. At 15 years of age, I decided to buy my very own 1975 Praktica SLR camera. I now shoot with a Nikon D850. I do unpaid TFP and commercial paid work.