9/6/17
by News Department on 09/06/17Charges for laser pointing...
A Pottsville man was jailed after being arrested by city police and charged with pointing a laser at a medical helicopter last month.
According to the Republican Herald, criminal investigators charged 23 year old Timothy Michael Ebert with the incident that occurred about 9:15 p.m. Aug. 15, when officers were notified by the pilot of Lehigh Valley Hospital’s MedEvac 7 helicopter that someone pointed a green laser at the aircraft as it was flying over the city on the way to Lawton’s Hill helipad.
Investigators determined the origin of the laser was in the area of the 500 block of West Arch Street and officers searching the area saw a man, later identified as Ebert, flee the area on foot.
He was arraigned by Magisterial District Judge James K. Reiley, Pottsville, and committed to Schuylkill County Prison unable to post $50,000 straight cash bail.
