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O.C. Teen Arrested For Aiming Laser At Bus, Plane

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (AP) ― A teenager testing one of his Christmas presents was arrested for aiming a laser pointer at a jetliner, a commuter bus and a Newport Beach police helicopter.

The pilots of a Skywest Airlines plane and the police helicopter reported the laser attack Tuesday night.

Police Sgt. Evan Sailor said officers aboard the helicopter traced the laser beam to a Newport Beach home where the 15-year-old Las Vegas boy was staying with relatives. The boy was given the laser as a Christmas present.

It was the third laser-related arrest in Orange County this week. Two men were arrested earlier for aiming laser devices at an Orange County sheriff's helicopter.

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