Flagler County

Man arrested after pointing laser at Volusia County Sheriff’s Office helicopter in Flagler County, deputies say

FLAGLER COUNTY, Fla. — For the second time in one week, a man was arrested Wednesday after pointing a laser at the Volusia County Sheriff’s Air One helicopter, deputies said.

Around 11 p.m., deputies said they were assisting the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office on a search for a man who “bailed out following a traffic stop on Palm Harbor Parkway.”

Shortly after the helicopter arrived overhead, the crew began to get hit with a laser from a nearby home on Chelsea Court.

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Air One was able to tell Flagler deputies where the laser was coming from.

Deputies said Gregory Marr, 60, was taken into custody and charged with pointing a laser at a driver or pilot.

Air One was able to assist Flagler deputies with the bailout. That man was found laying in the wood line near a retention pond. He was taken into custody.

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On Tuesday morning, an Edgewater man was arrested after he pointed a green laser at Air One from his boat on the Intracoastal Waterway.


Katlyn Brieskorn, WFTV.com

Katlyn Brieskorn is a Digital Assignment Editor at WFTV. She joined Channel 9 in July 2019.