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Delaware Lawmakers Crackdown on Drone Use

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DOVER, Del. (AP) - The state Senate is poised to vote on a bill aimed at preventing the use of drones to harass people.

The bill, which passed the House unanimously last month, makes it a crime to fly an unmanned aircraft in Delaware to harass someone on private property or invade their privacy.

The measure, which was scheduled for a Senate vote Wednesday, also prohibits the use of a drone to violate or fail to obey a domestic violence protective order.

Violation of any of the prohibitions would be a misdemeanor.

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