Photo Credit: Maryland State Police
CBS DC reports that Maryland State Police have charged a man after a pilot and trooper were injured when a laser beam was pointed at their helicopter.
The cockpit of the aircraft was struck by a green laser beam about eight times early Tuesday morning.
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The helicopter crew found the source of the laser beam was a home in Sykesville, where the laser pointer was found.
Thirty-year-old Connor Brown is charged with shining a laser pointer at an aircraft and other offenses.
The pilot and trooper sustained eye injuries. They were treated at a local hospital and released.
