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Attorney's Office: Bakersfield man arrested after pointing laser at KCSO helicopter

Alleged incident happened in 2021
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FRESNO, Calif. (KERO) — A federal grand jury unsealed an indictment after a Bakersfield man was arrested Monday on suspicion of pointing a laser at a Kern County Sheriff’s Office helicopter in 2021.

The grand jury returned the indictment on Aug. 25th against Alejandro Galvan-Silvestre, 23, of Bakersfield, in the Sept. 5th, 2021, incident.

Galvan-Silvestre was charged on suspicion of knowingly aiming the beam of a laser pointer at Air One.

If convicted, Galvan-Silvestre faces a maximum sentence of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.



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