A TEENAGER has been charged with endangering an aircraft after he allegedly shone a laser at a police helicopter.
A police spokesman said the Northumbria Police helicopter was flying over Easington Lane, near the County Durham boundary, when it noticed a laser had been shone at it shortly before midnight last night.
The crew were able to pinpointed the source of the laser and guided a ground unit to an address in Easington Lane, where a 17-year-old male was arrested.
He was bailed to appear at Sunderland Youth Court on May 27.
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