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Long Beach man gets 6 months for pointing laser at police helicopters

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A 48-year-old Long Beach man was sentenced on Thursday, Jan. 30, to six months behind bars for pointing a high-powered laser at the city’s police helicopters twice in January 2023. Mark Allen Barger pointed the laser not only at Long Beach Police Department helicopters but at commercial airliners and at private planes near the Long Beach Airport, according to police. Barger pleaded guilty in October 2023 in downtown Los Angeles to two federal co…
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