Florida 13-Year-Old Arrested for Shining Laser at Sheriff’s Helicopter — ‘He Keeps Blinding Our Pilot’ (VIDEO) | The Gateway Pundit

A 13-year-old Florida boy has been arrested for allegedly shining a inexperienced laser at a sheriff’s helicopter.

The Pinellas County Sheriff’s Workplace mentioned the incident occurred round 12:30 a.m. on Thursday whereas the helicopter was flying over seventh Road Northwest and eleventh Avenue in Largo.

In a video shot contained in the helicopter, launched by the sheriff’s workplace, the deputies find the boy pointing the laser and direct legislation enforcement on the bottom to his location.

“Stand up and get any individual on this gentleman. He’s blinding our pilot,” a deputy might be heard saying.

‘I DIDN’T KNOW IT WAS A POLICE HELICOPTER’: A 13-year-old allegedly pointed a flare gun with a mounted inexperienced laser at a Pinellas County Sheriff’s Workplace helicopter “as a result of he was bored,” in accordance with the sheriff’s workplace. https://t.co/kU9sdhlhDw pic.twitter.com/WvB3peynTr

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Physique digital camera footage from deputies on the bottom present them approaching the younger teen, who had a flare gun with a mounted inexperienced laser in his jacket.

The boy instructed the deputies that he didn’t comprehend it was a legislation enforcement helicopter and was simply shining the laser as a result of he was “bored.”

Based on a report from Fox Information, “The boy was arrested and charged with felony misuse of a laser lighting machine. He was taken to the Pinellas County Juvenile Evaluation Heart.”

“Based on Florida statute, it’s a third-degree felony for any individual to knowingly and willfully shine, level or focus the beam of a laser lighting machine on a person working a motorized vehicle, vessel or plane,” the report added.