Details: On Thursday Oct. 9th, shortly after midnight, a subject was arrested after targeting the Sheriff’s helicopter with a hand-held laser.  The incident occurred shortly after midnight in the 600 block of Douglas Avenue in Bakersfield, while the Sheriff’s helicopter was working a call nearby.  The flight was interrupted by the laser strike, causing the aircrew to take immediate action.  The flight crew identified where the laser was coming from and directed patrol deputies to that location.  Deputies contacted Tyrone Green 44, of Bakersfield who was found in possession of a laser.  Green was arrested for penal code section 247.5, Discharging a Laser at an Aircraft, and booked into the Kern County Jail.  He is being held on $10,000 bail.

Last week, a similar incident occurred in the 4600 block of Perris Way in Bakersfield.  Scott Francis Kress, 49, of Bakersfield was arrested and booked into the Kern County jail on similar charges.  Kress is currently free on bail.