A Florida man has been charged with pointing a laser at a law enforcement helicopter. The Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office helicopter was monitoring a fire in Clearwater early Sunday when its crew spotted the laser coming from a nearby yard.
A sheriff’s office statement says 48-year-old Brian Harting shined a red laser at the helicopter three times from his backyard. According to the statement, Harting told deputies that he did not know it was illegal to aim a laser at the aircraft.Harting was charged with felony misuse of a laser lighting device and held at the county jail. Bond was set at $25,000.
