A 21-year-old transient from Riverside County pleaded guilty Thursday to aiming a laser pointer at a Los Angeles Police Department helicopter that was monitoring immigration raid protests in downtown Los Angeles.
Dominic Rios, whose last known address was in Hemet, was arrested July 7 after investigators filed a complaint.
Sentencing was scheduled in Los Angeles federal court on Dec. 4, at which time Rios will face up to five years in federal prison, prosecutors said…