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Man Charged Under Patriot Act for Laser
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| Last Edited | RP Jan 05, 2005 07:25pm |
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| Media | Website - Yahoo News: Iran |
| News Date | Wednesday, January 5, 2005 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | A man charged with temporarily blinding the pilot and co-pilot of an airplane with a laser beam claims he was simply using the device to look at stars with his 7-year-old daughter.
Federal authorities on Tuesday used the Patriot Act to charge David Banach, 38, with interfering with the operator of a mass transportation vehicle and making false statements to the FBI. He is the first person arrested after a recent rash of reports around the nation of lasers being beamed at airplanes.
If convicted, Banach could be sentenced to 25 years in prison and fined $500,000.
The FBI acknowledged the incident had no connection to terrorism but called Banach's actions "foolhardy and negligent." |
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