A thief lies in wait across the street, hiding in the bushes and waiting for the lights of your television to go dark. Once you’re in bed, he aims a laser pointer at your Amazon Echo device, and ...

The Federal Aviation Administration is warning you: Do not point lasers at the sky. Amid the ongoing drone situation in the Northeast, the regulator reports there has been a huge spike in ...

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A California man who pleaded guilty to shining a laser-pointer beam at a sheriff’s helicopter, briefly blinding the crew, will serve five years in prison, federal prosecutors reported. The 48-year-old ...

A Virginia man was arrested last week after shining a laser pointer at a police helicopter actively searching for a person running from authorities. Fairfax County police said its helicopter, Fairfax ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Another Portland-area man has been arrested for allegedly pointing a laser pointer at an aircraft. Aloha resident Brian Kapileo Nepaial faces federal charges of aiming a laser ...

At Haystack Rock in Oregon, one visitor was responsible for harassing various nesting birds with a laser pointer, resulting in the loss of two chicks. The incident, classified as a form of wildlife ...

A man accused of shining a laser pointer at presidential helicopter Marine One with President Trump aboard was arrested on federal charges Monday. Jacob Samuel Winkler, 33, of Washington, D.C., is ...

The Secret Service arrested a man on suspicion of shining a laser pointer at Marine One as the presidential helicopter was departing the White House with President Donald Trump on board, according to ...

The handheld laser pointers you can buy at office supplies stores are legally required to be no powerful than 0.005-watts, and most fall well below that threshold so they’re relatively safe to use.