The police are onto this sort of behavior.
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Man shone laser at police chopper, court told
A man from Ottoway has appeared in Port Adelaide Magistrates Court charged with shining a laser at a police helicopter last night.
Adelaide police allege that Lanfranco Baldetti, 22, was in a car on Grand Junction Road at about 9.00 pm (ACST) when he distracted the helicopter pilot with a bright green light.
The court heard that the helicopter was on a routine flight and had to switch operating modes because of the distraction.
Police say when they arrested Baldetti at a service station they found a loaded rifle fitted with a silencer on the back seat of his car.
Baldetti is charged with impeding an aircraft and with firearms offences.
He has been refused bail and will return to court next week.