SARASOTA, FLA -
49 year old Bruce Donath was having a boring night, this past Friday. There was a police helicopter hovering around his neighborhood, which can be kind of interesting. But Bruce was still bored. So he took his little battery powered laser pointer and decided to try and spice up his evening. He started pointing the laser pointer at the helipcopter, which no doubt helped alleviate his boredom.
Remember when those laser pointers first came out? They were just loads of fun. You could make the cat chase a non-existent little dot all over the bedroom, you could point them at someone in a crowd and watch, laughing hysterically, as they swatted at the little lase point like it was a bug or something. They were, quite honestly, hours of fun. Am I right, or did you miss out?
So anyway, being bored out of his skull despite the police helicopter circling his neighborhood, Mr. Donath went and got his tried and true boredom antidote, the trusty little laser pointer. And he pointed it at the police helicopter, probably because the police helicopter just happened to be there. The problem is, the helicopter pilot was wearing night vision goggles, and when the laser point hit the pilot's eyes, the pilot was "temporarily blinded". And apparently this really pissed off the helicopter pilot. Pissed him off so bad that he tracked Bruce Donath and his silly little laser pointer down.
Police found the laser pointer in pieces, in the back of Bruce's truck. And believe it or not, Bruce Donath was charged with a felony: "misusing a laser device". Who would have known that you could commit a felony with one of those things? Probably not Bruce Donath, or that laser pointer would have been at the bottom of a retention pond. You know?
Treat yourself to a box of fine cigars!
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