St. Pete Man Shone Laser At Sheriff’s Office Helicopter: PCSO

ST. PETERSBURG, FL — A St. Petersburg man was arrested after shining a laser at a Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office helicopter on Tuesday night, the agency said.

James Mock, 71, was charged with felony misuse of a laser lighting device.

When the helicopter was airborne in the area of 38th Avenue North just before 9 p.m., the flight deputies were struck by a green laser light in their cockpit, the sheriff’s office said.

Flight deputies were able to locate the suspect at a 29th Avenue North home, giving patrol deputies the address.

The patrol deputies went to his home and arrested him. He was booked into the Pinellas County Jail.

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