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US: Two California brothers arraigned for disrupting sheriff's helicopter with laser

Brothers Abrahim Rashid Khan, 20, and Shaun Ahmed Khan, 18, pleaded not guilty on September 8 2014 in Riverside (Ca.) County Superior Court to one misdemeanor charge each of maliciously pointing a laser at an aircraft.

The incident occurred July 14 2014, when a sheriff’s helicopter was struck “numerous times” by a laser beam. Ground officers were directed to the source of the beam, where the two brothers were arrested without incident.

A trial conference was set for November 12 2014.

From Valley News