PHOENIX (AZFamily) — A Phoenix man is facing charges after he was accused of aiming a laser pointer at a police helicopter this week.
Lauro Pena Vazquez was arrested overnight after police say he aimed a green laser toward a Phoenix Air Unit that was flying near 29th Street and Virginia Avenue around 11 p.m. Thursday.
Officers in the helicopter watched the man who aimed the laser go into a home in the area, and police officers responded to that home. When police contacted a man and woman who owned the home, they were told the couple’s adult son was also inside…