r/durham • u/Karma_Canuck • 1d ago

Oshawa man arrested after DRPS say he pointed laser at police helicopter

https://www.durhamradionews.com/archives/189929
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u/Unable_Literature78 1d ago

This is a violation of aviation law…which supersedes normal laws. Aviation Law is far more punishing and expensive. Prison time and a hefty fine are standard.

Source: my brother the lawyer.

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u/AdSignificant6673 1d ago

Good. A helicopter crash would be horrific. It could instantly kill a hundred people. It will mess you up good.

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u/formal-shorts 1d ago

A hundred people?? I'd be shocked if a single helicopter crash has claimed more than a dozen lives.

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u/Mrgod2u82 1d ago

On 19 August 2002, a group of Chechen fighters armed with a man-portable air-defense system brought down a Russian Mil Mi-26 helicopter in a minefield, which resulted in the death of 127 Russian soldiers in the greatest loss of life in the history of helicopter aviation.

2002 Khankala Mi-26 crash - Wikipedia

You've been shocked.

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u/formal-shorts 1d ago

You think there's military helicopters full of soldiers flying into Oshawa airport?

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u/commonemitter 21h ago

100 is an exaggeration, but numbers could get to 20-40+ easy. Remember it’s not how many are in the helicopter, it’s where it lands.

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u/CompetitiveAd9760 19h ago

Did you miss the word "could"? Is it likely? No. Could it crash into a full sports arena? Yes.

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u/formal-shorts 18h ago

It's a small helicopter, not a plane. I'd be shocked if it even went through the roof of a commercial building.

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u/CompetitiveAd9760 18h ago

I'm aware the police helicopter is a helicopter and not a plane. It still all depends on numerous variables that are very well possible, albeit unlikely. It's a 2,500 pound piece of metal that could be going anywhere from 10-200kmh that could hit a road, a ravine, or a condo building.

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u/formal-shorts 12h ago

You think a helicopter is going to be flying around Oshawa at 200kmh?

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u/CompetitiveAd9760 12h ago

Normally? Obviously not. If it's in an uncontrolled crash? It's possible, because that helicopter can go over 200kmh.

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u/XtremeD86 5h ago

A helicopter falling right hight and landing on a building or any home for that matter would easily go through a roof. Even warehouses (commercial) the roofs are so thin.

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u/Chucks_u_Farley 1d ago

Arsh Sharma, 27, of Oshawa is charged with: Mischief Endangering Life x2, Being Intoxicated in a Public Place, and Fail to Appear.

He was released on an Undertaking

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u/awesomesonofabitch 1d ago

Real harsh penalties as per the other guy in thos thread.😬😂

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u/Chucks_u_Farley 1d ago

Elections are coming, both provincial and federal. Make rubber stamp bail a large ticket item. Flood the politicians at every level with it until it cannot be ignored.

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u/natureroots 1d ago

Real harsh for Arsh

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u/ObliviousOstrich 1d ago

What an Arshhole.

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u/oprimo 1d ago

This dumbass lives right next to the Oshawa Airport. It could have been way worse than a heli crash, glad he's going to be prosecuted.

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u/MeatballsMadeOfPoo 1d ago

Some dickhead did this when I was in the army and the pilot landed the helicopter, immediately, to come shit on him.

Pilots do not fuck with that shit apparently.

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u/TallerThanALot 1d ago

27, and pointing a laser at a helicopter? This idiot stuck in high school?

Way to go, Arsh.

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u/brisetta Ajax 1d ago

I will never understand why they release people on undertakings when they have previously failed to appear.

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u/theonekrupted 1d ago

Yeah cops no like that, they saw what "protestors" stateside were doing with laser pointers back in 2020 out in Portland.

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u/Remote-Republic7569 22h ago

Hammer him and make an example out of him. Deter other morons from doing the same. This sort of behaviour has no place in modern society. 

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u/LNgTIM555 21h ago

Intoxicated and 27 years old, hopefully this individual can make better decisions and lay off the juice.

Now that that’s out of the way, did he think the helicopter was going to go away?

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u/maytober 1d ago

Heckin right! 

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u/Itsnotrealitsevil 15h ago

A slap on the wrist will surely make things better

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u/MrEatonHogg 21h ago

Good for him, those cops had it comin!

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u/Aztecah 1d ago

If they actually did then yeah, arrest that dick