Florida police arrested a man for shining a laser into the cockpit of a police helicopter that temporarily blinded an officer and forced him to hand over the controls.
A Florida police helicopter pilot had to temporarily turn over the controls when a man shined a laser into the cockpit multiple times .is under arrest for shining a laser into the cockpit of a police helicopter which temporarily blinded the pilot forcing him to hand the controls to another officer.
The Brevard County Sheriff's Office pilot was temporarily blinded by a laser that was flashed into the cockpit multiple times as the officers assisted the Palm Bay Police Department in the search for a man who attacked his roommate,Police later determined where the laser was coming from and arrested 33-year-old Dean Gordon Beolet, who was not involved in the crime the helicopter had been tracking, and charged him with one count of felony misuse of a laser light.
"It can be very dangerous," Tod Goodyear, a Brevard County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson, said."It could cause a crash, it can cause injuries to the pilot's eyes. It's something that is talked about, but I don't think is talked about enough. It's not a prank, it's something that could turn into a deadly situation."
FLORIDA MAN SHOT, KILLED OUTSIDE MCDONALD'S AFTER UNPROVOKED ATTACK ON DRIVER EATING MEAL IN CAR: DEPUTIESPolice say Beolet admitted to intentionally flashing the laser that caused the pilot, Deputy Brandon McIntyre, to temporarily lose his sight and hand the controls to another officer. "The first thing you try to do is avert your eyes, but it's so quick, it immediately goes into the back of your eye and literally burns the back of your eye. It can cause permanent damage," said Shem Malmquist, an
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