Halloween night 2025 got a little too bright for a Minnesota State Patrol helicopter crew, after investigators say a green laser hit the aircraft as it came in for a landing and led them straight to a St. Paul suspect.
According to a criminal complaint, 34-year-old Dashawn Lamar Jones is accused of aiming and discharging a laser or other light at an aircraft while it was landing or taking off. Troopers say they first stopped Jones while he was riding a bicycle, then encountered him again a short time later. After that second stop, investigators say they found a laser pointer stashed under a parked vehicle.
The complaint states that Jones told officers he had shined the laser and tossed it away between the two stops. Investigators also reviewed video that they say shows him pointing the beam at the helicopter. Those details are laid out in the criminal filing, as reported by Limitless Media News…