Man pleads guilty to pointing laser at LAPD helicopter during protests against immigration raids

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…

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