A 23-year-old former suburban Dallas man has pleaded guilty to aiming a laser pointer at an aircraft in the laser shining on a Texas Department of Public Safety helicopter.
A U.S. attorney's statement says Steven Alexander Chavez, who now lives in Lubbock, faces up to five years in federal prison and a fine of up to $250,000 for his Wednesday plea in Dallas.
Sentencing is scheduled for June 3.
FBI agents arrested Chavez in August 2013 after he was accused of intentionally aiming the laser pointer at the DPS helicopter from a friend's backyard in Garland.
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