A suspected prostitute and her alleged 75 year old pensioner client have been hit with criminal charges after being filmed by a drone. The flying camera was operated by a vigilante anti-prostitution activist who recorded Douglas Blansett, 75 and Amanda Zolicoffer, 27, getting it on in the front of his truck, police claim.
The footage was filmed by Brian Bates, an Oklahoma “video vigilante” who makes it his business to name and shame prostitutes and their clients via his website.
Writing on his website, Bates said he had chosen the drone because his previous practise of "running up and opening car doors of people engaging in criminal acts" and then filming them was "pretty damn dangerous".
He said at least three people he has caught on camera were later convicted of committing murder and several of the women he had documented had themselves been murdered.
So instead of risking being hurt he decided "why not reduce the risk of personal injury and simply let a drone go in for the “You’re Busted Buddy” moment?".
