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Man Wey Shine Laser Pointer For Trump Helicopter Don Chop Charge

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US authorities don charge one man wey shine laser pointer for di presidential helicopter as e dey comot White House with President Trump inside, na wetin court paper talk on Monday. Na one Secret Service officer see Jacob Samuel Winkler, 33, as e shine red laser light from sidewalk outside White House fence, point am for Marine One helicopter as e dey take off on Saturday, na wetin affidavit talk. Dem hold Winkler for di place wey e do am and charge am say e point laser pointer at aircraft, na serious crime wey fit carry up to five years for prison. Di court paper talk say wetin Winkler do fit cause flash blindness and confuse di pilot eye, especially as di helicopter dey fly low near other helicopters and di Washington Monument. “Dis one put Marine One for risk to jam another aircraft for air.”

After dem handcuff am, Winkler kneel down begin talk things like, ‘I suppose apologize to Donald Trump,’ na wetin di court paper wey Secret Service officer sign talk. Later, Winkler tell authorities say “e no know say e no suppose point laser at Marine One” and say “e dey point di laser at all kinds of things like stop sign and others.” Trump bin dey travel go Virginia state to give speech to American Cornerstone Institute, na wetin US media talk. Federal Aviation Authority talk say lasers be “serious safety wahala” for aircraft and fit make pilot no see well or lose control. Di agency record 5,913 laser wahala dis year.

 

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