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Judge To Man Who Aims Lasers At Aircraft: Get A Job

By Rick Andrews
Published July 22, 2014 at 3:32 PM PDT

A 30-year-old Nevada man who pleaded guilty to aiming a laser pointer at Las Vegas police helicopters will be released from federal custody as he awaits sentencing.

A U.S. Magistrate Judge on Monday ordered Henderson resident James Zipf to get a job and stop using laser pointers.

Zipf pleaded guilty last month to one of six felony counts of aiming a laser pointer at an aircraft. His sentencing is set for Sept. 25.
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