September 7th 2023.
Sandra Woolstion was shocked to see the outdoor pool of the Quality Inn in Galloway Township had become a lime green color. She knew this was not due to algae, and on further inspection, she discovered a dye pack in the bottom of the pool. Little did she know, the pool was about to be dyed green roughly a dozen more times that summer, costing the inn thousands of dollars in cleanup efforts and leaving their guests feeling disappointed.
"The girls are standing here like, 'Oh my God we want to go swim. Some of them were crying," Woolstion said. "I was like, 'Are you kidding me?!' I myself cried. I went into my office and I had a meltdown."
It turns out the culprit behind the green dye was 45-year-old Patrick Spina IV, who had allegedly been using a drone to drop sea dye into the pools of Absecon, New Jersey. The dye is typically used by search and rescue teams.
In September, police received a call from a resident who was enjoying his pool when he saw a drone over top and the drone dropped something into his pool, immediately turning it green.
The Federal Aviation Administration managed to track the drone back to a business near the White Horse Pike and Spina was arrested. He has been charged with multiple counts of criminal mischief and has since been released on a summons.
An FAA spokesperson said that the agency regulations prohibit the unsafe or unauthorized operation of any aircraft, and they encourage members of the public to report such activity to local law enforcement.
Woolstion was shocked by how often the green dye kept reappearing. "He was getting too happy with doing it," she said.
It's clear that Spina's alleged actions had a profound effect on the neighborhood. The FAA is taking the necessary steps to ensure that similar incidents don't occur in the future.
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