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Man gets more than a year in prison for pointing laser at helicopter

By Zach Halaschak
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Man gets more than a year in prison for pointing laser at helicopter

An Illinois man was handed down a 15-month prison sentence for pointing a laser at a law enforcement helicopter.

Brenton Wells, 45, pleaded guilty in August to pointing the laser beam at the helicopter in December of last year. He confessed to shining his laser at the helicopter for about two minutes while standing in the backyard of his Rockford residence.

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