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ADELAIDE, Australia (AP) - An Australian man was sentenced Tuesday to nearly three years in jail for shining a laser pointer at a police helicopter and temporarily blinding the pilot.
Lanfranco Baldetti, 23, pleaded guilty to prejudicing the safe operation of an aircraft and to a number of weapons offenses for shining a green laser at a helicopter being used by police to track reckless drivers in the central city of Adelaide last June.
"What occurred here was a disaster in the making," Judge David Smith said in issuing the sentence of two years and 10 months.
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