HESPERIA: Laser pointed at helicopter, suspect arrested

A handheld laser startled a night-flying sheriff's helicopter crew, who directed ground deputies to the light source in the high desert city of Hesperia where a suspect was arrested, sheriff's officials say.googleoff: all

The potenially blinding light targeted the helicopter at 10:42 p.m. Monday, Aug. 17, while the copter crew was flying to a call in neighboring Apple Valley.googleoff: all

"Deputies in the helicopter were able to discern which home the laser came from," sheriff's spokeswoman Karen Hunt said in a written statement.googleoff: all

Eighteen-year-old Spencer Gabriel Hamm was arrested at 11:36 p.m. Monday along the 18500 block of Hercules Street and booked for investigation of pointing a laser at an aircraft, jail records show.googleoff: all

Hamm was released on bail the following morning.