More Laser Pointers

It's only a matter of time before someone causes a crash....and then what?

• For the second time in less than a month, federal prosecutors have charged someone with pointing a laser at a police helicopter flying over Chicago.

  Allen Florence Jr., 60, is charged with one count of “aiming a laser pointer at an aircraft within the special aircraft jurisdiction of the United States.” Prosecutors say Florence repeatedly pointed a green laser at a Cook County Sheriff’s Police helicopter on the West Side on September 15.

  Around 10:11 p.m., the helicopter crew notified Chicago police that “a male Hispanic on a scooter going eastbound on Roosevelt just through Pulaski” had repeatedly shined a green laser at the aircraft, according to police radio transmissions. The crew asked CPD to apprehend the man if officers were “not too busy.”

  Several officers responded while the helicopter crew continued monitoring his movements until CPD apprehended Florence in the 3600 block of West Roosevelt Road. He was released a few hours later after receiving a court date on a state misdemeanor charge of disorderly conduct, according to CPD records.

Almost as disturbing is that this offender was sixty-years-old and riding a scooter? We're going to go out on a limb here and say he's probably been an asshole his entire existence.