Las Vegas Man Sentenced for Aiming High-Power Laser at Police Helicopter

Source: US State Government of Utah

LAS VEGAS – A Las Vegas man was sentenced today by United States Chief Judge Andrew P. Gordon to nine months in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release for pointing a high-power laser at a Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department helicopter as it was responding to a call in 2025. The government requested a sentence of 21 months’ imprisonment.