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Man Who Pointed Laser At Aircraft Gets 30-Month Sentence

Posted by timothy on from the never-point-at-the-2d-location dept.

coondoggie writes "In a move federal prosecutors hope sends a strong message to the knuckleheads who point lasers at aircraft for fun, a California man was sentenced to 30 months in prison for shining one at two aircraft. According to the FBI Adam Gardenhire, 19, was arrested on March 29, 2012 and named in a two-count indictment filed in United States District Court in Los Angeles that said he pointed the beam of a laser at a private plane and a police helicopter that responded to the report."

4 of 761 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Good. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Of course a very remote secondary consideration is not blinding the pilot and causing a planeload of passengers to crash. A very remote consideration compared to getting my geek on.

  2. Re:Good. by Chrisq · · Score: 5, Funny

    Intelligence and Wisdom are two different things.

    Don't forget Charisma, Dexterity, Constitution, and Strength

  3. Re:Good. by slashmydots · · Score: 5, Funny

    Maybe magnets shouldn't be so delicious then

  4. Re:Good. by An+ominous+Cow+art · · Score: 5, Funny

    Eating magnets? What's the attraction in that?