A 45-year-old Jefferson Twp. man is accused of pointing a high intensity laser beam multiple times Friday night at an Ohio State Highway Patrol plane during an anti-gun operation in Dayton.
Nicolas Alexander Sanchez-Escobar was charged Tuesday in Dayton Municipal Court with interfering with the operation of an aircraft with a laser, which is a felony.
The highway patrol airplane at 11 p.m. was flying over the 1100 block of North Gettysburg Avenue in Dayton while participating in a gun reduction initiative when the laser hit the aircraft multiple times. The tactical flight officer was able to follow the laser to Sanchez-Escobar’s home in Jefferson Twp. and described the suspect shining the laser, later identified as Sanchez-Escobar, according to an affidavit.
Responding officers found Sanchez-Escobar coming out of a workshop at the back of the home’s carport, and he was taken into custody.
“The laser was discovered on a shelf in the workshop, still warm due to usage,” the affidavit stated.
Sanchez-Escobar remains held in the Montgomery County Jail.
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