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Posted on 07/14/2025 1:47:09 PM PDT by 11th_VA
A man has been federally charged for allegedly aiming and pointing a laser at a police helicopter during a protest in Los Angeles in June.
Dominic Rios, 21, was arrested on July 7 following a federal criminal complaint filed on June 27. The complaint claims that on June 10, while a Los Angeles Police Department helicopter was flying over a protest in downtown LA, Rios aimed and pointed a green laser at it.
The FBI said the helicopter pilot and flight officer were able to identify the person using the laser, who was later identified as Rios.
The officers in the helicopter gave the description of Rios to officers on the ground, who located and arrested him.
During a search, LAPD officers found a laser pointer in Rios' pocket. According to a statement by the FBI, Rios admitted to using his green laser pointer on the LAPD helicopter.
"Testing confirmed that the device seized from Rios was a green laser pointer," the FBI said, "The helicopter was struck three times by the green laser and each strike lit up the cockpit."
Authorities added that the laser forced the pilot to "modify" the helicopter's altitude to avoid additional strikes, according to the federal complaint.
At his first court appearance, Rios was released on bond.
If he is convicted of the charges, he faces a maximum sentence of five years in federal prison.
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He’s probably in the wind now.
They will hunt you down.
These vermin want war.
Soon they are going to get it.
And they won’t like it when Trump unleashes war on them.
Charges are better than arrests, but until this results in a substantive conviction, I’m not impressed.
Arrested > Charged > Tried > Convicted > Sentenced hard time
So when are all these vermin going to be prosecuted?
Plenty of them have been deported.
Plus arrested and prosecuted.
I love hearing about all these federal charges being brought on protesters.
Don’t just throw the book at them, beat them into the dirt with it.
Hopefully soon.
Good! Throw the book at him!
Of course he was.
I’m always amazed when they can ID the perp like this.
Follow the money trail from his bail.
If you mess with any aircraft/air traffic in any way I’m sure it will be a Federal charge.
With the FAA covering that particular territory I’m not sure why any state would bother legislating on it.
I’m sure that’s all news to little Dominic Rios though. lol
That laser in the eyes, possibly causing permanent or temporary blindness, is one of the top pet peeves.
The prissy leftist intellectual Dems who do that should face the kinds of torture in my three history of torture books on my shelf.
They won’t. Thanks a lot, wimpy society.
RE: At his first court appearance, Rios was released on bond.
He’ll skate.
The problem with stories like this is that we almost never get to hear the final resolution. If this little bastard gets sent up we likely won’t know about it because it won’t get reported. I want to know for a fact if he ends up in the federal pen.
Dominic Rios, 21, was arrested following a federal
criminal complaint for firing a laser at feds in a copter.
Another Biden federal judge appointee.
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