Man behind bars for shining laser pointer at BCSO helicopter

BERNALILLO COUNTY, N.M. (KRQE) – Pilots are virtually blinded when someone shines a laser pointer at their aircraft. That’s what happened to a Bernalillo County Sheriff’s deputy.
Chuck Tuberville has been a BCSO deputy for 15 years, and a pilot of the department’s two helicopters for about six.
“I love what I do. Wouldn’t trade it for anything,” he told KRQE News 13.
But all too often, he says, people try to make his job in the skies difficult and danger