Orlando, Florida -- Osceola County Sheriff's deputies arrested a 20-year-old man who distracted an aviation unit with a laser pointer as it searched for people lost in a rowboat in the Shingle Creek area late Tuesday night.
The pilot and an observer told deputies they were blinded by a green laser light three times while conducting their search between Poinciana Boulevard and Bass Road.
The Aviation Unit was able to locate the home where the light was coming from and saw several individuals in a swimming pool. Deputies responded to the vacation rental property in the 200 block of Hideaway Beach Lane where they saw several individuals, including Lucas behind the home.
Lucas appeared nervous and went directly into the house. Deputies were invited inside the home and asked to speak with him and asked him to bring them the laser light.
Lucas gave the deputies the laser light and told them he "messed up and should not have shined the light at the helicopter." He said he had no explanation as to why he did it.
Based on his statement and the evidence, Lucas was arrested and charged with pointing a laser device at a driver/pilot.
The sheriff's office says the boaters the aviation unit was looking for were found.
Source: http://www.wtsp.com
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