“I was just drinking and I stupidly shone a laser pointer at a helicopter and it turned out to be a police helicopter,” he informed 9News.
“I didn’t know, and I’m getting in trouble for it and I feel like an idiot.”
The 36-year-old pleaded responsible on Tuesday over the harmful act in December final yr at his Salisbury East residence, after he says he purchased the laser pointer on-line to amuse his cat.
“It was illegal that I had the laser pointer in the first place, but on eBay it was described as like a toy,” Glomb stated.
However, the objects are something however toys – when pointed within the sky, laser beams will be so highly effective they’ll depart pilots blinded, endangering the plane and any passengers.
Glomb insists in his case it was only a “drunken mistake”.
“I understand how serious it is and to tell you the truth I’m pretty worried about it.”
What Glomb did not realise on the time was that the laser he was shining allowed police within the air to direct officers straight to him and inside minutes he says he bought a knock on the entrance door.
He now faces as much as 14 years in jail and is warning others to not make the identical decisions he did.
“Don’t buy laser pointers at all from eBay pretty much … because if you’re like me, I’m normally responsible but there’s that one day where you drink and you do something stupid and then you’re looking at a lot of trouble for it.”
Glomb will return to court docket subsequent month.
Source: www.9news.com.au
