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UK: 15-year-old arrested for lasing Northumbria copter

A 15-year-old boy was arrested for “shining a light so as to distract a pilot”. He aimed a green laser pen at a Northumbria Police helicopter as it flew over South Shields at 2:00 am local time on August 12 2011.

From BBC News and the Sunday Sun