Man allegedly pointed laser, may face charges

Man allegedly pointed laser, may face charges
By Noah Bierman
Globe Staff / December 10, 2007

Three police forces and the US Coast Guard on Saturday night chased down a Medford-area man who faces the possibility of federal charges after allegedly pointing a hand-held laser beam at a helicopter.

"What goes through one's mind? . . . You never know what's on the other end of a laser," said Sergeant Robert Bousquet of the State Police.

State Police pilots were on a routine security mission, guarding a liquid natural gas tanker near shore at about 9:15 p.m. Saturday night, Bousquet said. They noticed a laser light touching their helicopter.

Using sophisticated equipment on their helicopter, including cameras, they pinpointed the origin of the light in the Medford-Somerville area, Bousquet said.

The search was on - involving authorities from the Coast Guard, the State Police, the Medford Police Department, and the Somerville Police Department. About 90 minutes later, police found an adult male.


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must be tricky pinpointing a person on the ground while flying overhead.

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