BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — A Bakersfield man pleaded guilty to aiming a laser at an aircraft several times in September 2024.
The DOJ said 23-year-old Brett Curtis Hair of Bakersfield pleaded guilty today to aiming the beam of a laser pointer at a Kern County Sheriff’s Office helicopter.
According to court documents, on September 11, 2024, at around 12:17 a.m., Kern County Sheriff’s Office helicopter Air 1 was on routine patrol when the cockpit was struck by a bright green laser beam…