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Oct 26, 2010
Laser Pointer Prank Lands Teen in Federal Prison
19-year-old Nathan Ramon Wells last year saw a California police helicopter and decided to aim a laser pointer at it, causing the pilot to suddenly change course during a burglary investigation. Now he's going to federal prison for 15 months.
According to the Los Angeles Times, in June 2009 Wells was in his car in Cathedral City, California aiming the green laser pointer at the cops and, after diverting the crew from the investigation, the pilot spotted him. He was arrested when police found the laser pointer in his car. What an idiot. He could have at least thrown it out the window when he noticed the police helicopter tailing him. Or maybe he didn't notice the chopper tailing him or the patrol cars called in for backup. Either way, now he's going to federal prison for 15 months, and will be on supervised release for three years afterward. That's harsh, bro.
Here's video of a British police helicopter being viciously targeted by a laser pointer from the crowd at a music festival. You can clearly see that it's dangerous, but 15 months in federal lockup seems like overkill.
Yeah they should be jailed, very dangerous
ReplyDeletePretty harsh, but it's a silly prank anyway.
ReplyDeleteI can see how this can be dangerous, but I think that 15 months is overkill.
ReplyDeleteHe should have swallowed it. Then he could've pretended he was ET later with his friends (and stay out of jail).
ReplyDelete15 months and 3 years under supervision? Cruel and unusual much?
ReplyDeletenah im pretty ok with the length of the sentence, kids think they can do whatever they want
ReplyDelete15 months is quite harsh, but damn thats a powerful laser pointer
ReplyDeleteConsidering that he was interfering with a chopper, and that certain weapons are fitted with green lasers..This kid got what he deserved in my opinion.
ReplyDeleteThis is hypocrisy at its best. Just this year deliberately blinding laser guns were released to local police force with the intention of temporarily blinding assailants for any investigation. Although this is probably reckless behaviour, it seems stupid that shining a green laser at a flying object is now a prison-worthy crime. Dumb.
ReplyDeleteSucks for that guy
ReplyDeletecOME AT ME BRO
ReplyDeletebut, 15 months is quite a long time for that kinda prank Oo
ReplyDelete15 monts its damn to long
ReplyDelete15 months?! That's just crazy..
ReplyDeleteLOL laser pointers are the cause for much distress, both by the user and any person it comes across. :D
ReplyDeletehahahah damn thats pretty funny, im not sure about the length of the term though
ReplyDeleteGreat blog. Love it.
ReplyDeleteGreat statistics.. never knew that if it hits the eye of the pilot, it can blind the pilot for 2 seconds.
ReplyDeleteIt's a silly prank but they need to learn not to dick around.
ReplyDeletethat's too harsh of a punishment
ReplyDeleteThat kid is just... wow.
ReplyDeletelol wtf? how? why?
ReplyDeletesound reasonable to me. he is over 18 and should know better.
ReplyDeletedang, I have to make sure I don't point mine at anything flying.
ReplyDeleteSounds harsh but then again, it's a very stupid thing to do. He learned his lesson the hard way :¤
ReplyDeleteLove it!
ReplyDeleteWhat a dum-dum...
ReplyDeletethat sucks for him :-/
ReplyDeleteThat's awful, maybe that wasn't his intention....but ohh well
ReplyDeleteyeah that was a dumb thing to do
ReplyDeleteThose green ones are really bright and they do blind you. I've been shot with one of those. 15 months is overkill, but it is quite a big hazard.
ReplyDeletePretty harsh for a prank. But who knows really.
ReplyDeleteI want one of those lasers.
ReplyDeleteMan, that's just plain stupid.
ReplyDeleteComplete bullshit. At best this should be a $250 fine. Three years in prison is outrageous.
ReplyDeleteseems like a bit much
ReplyDeleteWhat an idiot, you should never do that. Very dangerous, you could easily cause crashes. those green lasers are incredibly bright, even at far distances (i own one)
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