State patrol arrests Commerce City man for pointing laser at aircraft

Colorado State Patrol troopers arrested a man for allegedly pointing a laser at overhead aircraft in Commerce City Thursday night.

Jose Alonzo Duarte-Campos, 41, faces multiple charges including a felony of unlawfully aiming a laser device at an aircraft, driving under the influence of drugs and possession of methamphetamine, according to a news release from Colorado State Patrol.

Multiple commercial aircraft operators reported a green laser being pointed into the airplanes’ cockpit. CSP’s Aircraft Unit officers first identified that the laser appeared to be coming from the driver’s side of a dark SUV-type vehicle parked in an industrial lot near 64th Avenue and Monroe Street, according to videos provided by CSP in the release…

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