New Jersey man arrested in laser incident
A New Jersey man was arrested for allegedly aiming a laser at a jet as it flew over his home, marking the first arrest in a recent spate of laser-pointing incidents. David Banach was busted after he aimed his laser at a police helicopter that was carrying the jet's pilot on a recon flight over the area. If convicted, he could get up to 25 years under anti-terrorism laws. According to his lawyer, Banach wasn't playing laser tag with the plane; he was just using his laser to show his daughter the stars, trees and neighbors' homes. We'll skip our questions about why he thought it would be cool to shine a laser into his neighbors' houses and cut to the chase: if he wasn't aiming for the plane, why did he also zap the chopper? We ain't saying the dude's a terrorist, but he probably thought he was just having a little good clean laser fun.
