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Judge Slams Man with 14-Year Sentence for 'Lasing' Helicopter
A 26-year old California man learns "lasing" a helicopter is no joke after a federal judge sentenced him to 14-years in prison. (I take back what I said earlier about Kalifornia judges! It's a federal matter anyhow.) (allthingsaero.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Hard prison time is no answer for "kids playing with toys" - and the Feds will prove that they will not discriminate. A witch hunt at best, the answer is to sock em with heavy $$ fines and lengthy probation.
Wow!! That's a long time. There are murderers that get less time than that.
Bu if you're going to create a deterrent with a long prison sentence, it might has well be a gang member. At least it'll take another thug off out streets, and eliminate all the violent and property crimes this individual would've committed had he remained at large in the community.
Bu if you're going to create a deterrent with a long prison sentence, it might has well be a gang member. At least it'll take another thug off out streets, and eliminate all the violent and property crimes this individual would've committed had he remained at large in the community.
I live in Richmond Hill (Toronto) and fly out of CYKZ (Buttonville) - we just had a kid recently charged with the same offense - shinning a laser on our local Police chopper;
http://www.yorkregion.com/news-story/3911522-laser-shone-at-police-chopper-in-richmond-hill/
Personally I'd be shocked if he got a day in jail, but we'll see what happens.
Fourteen years is crazy - for those arguing - because he could have killed someone - had any aircraft ever been brought down by a store bought laser??? Anyone ????
Drunk drivers kill people every day - and thousand get charged with DUI - each and every one of them had more chance to kill someone than anyone shining any laser ever - so what - we should be sentencing hundreds of thousands of drunk drivers to 15 or 25 year terms to??
http://www.yorkregion.com/news-story/3911522-laser-shone-at-police-chopper-in-richmond-hill/
Personally I'd be shocked if he got a day in jail, but we'll see what happens.
Fourteen years is crazy - for those arguing - because he could have killed someone - had any aircraft ever been brought down by a store bought laser??? Anyone ????
Drunk drivers kill people every day - and thousand get charged with DUI - each and every one of them had more chance to kill someone than anyone shining any laser ever - so what - we should be sentencing hundreds of thousands of drunk drivers to 15 or 25 year terms to??
and I guess if your gang affiliated and you get drunk driving - lets just make it a life sentence.
Just because.
Just because.
Is this the same type of laser used in classrooms and business presentations or something more powerful? I'm not trying to downplay the danger just trying to get a better understanding.
Newspaper stated it was 13 times more powerful than the little pointer you buy to play with your cat.
14 years is a long sentence, however 1) what is this guy's criminal background?, 2) how muich tiem will he actually spend in prison (5 yrs?), and 3) think of all of the people who could have potentially died on the aircraft and on the ground.