Police: Man shined lights at helicopter

Laser and light blocked vision

Updated: Tuesday, 16 Mar 2010, 5:07 PM EDT
Published : Tuesday, 16 Mar 2010, 5:07 PM EDT

SPRINGFIELD, Va. (AP) - Fairfax County police say they have charged a man with pointing a laser and flashlight at a police helicopter.

Police said Tuesday that helicopter crew members were searching for a suspect in an unrelated case early on Feb. 12, when a green laser and white light blocked their vision of the ground and their equipment.

Officers located the Springfield house where the lights were coming from and eventually arrested 47-year-old Raymond Jeffrey Poli on March 4. Poli was charged with interfering with the operation of an aircraft and endangering life as well as obstruction of justice.

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Laser and light blocked vision

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