Deputies arrest Dunedin man for pointing laser at helicopter: PCSO
Jul 03, 2026
A 62-year-old Dunedin man is facing a felony charge after deputies arrested him for pointing a laser at a Pinellas County Sheriff's Office (PCSO) helicopter.According to PCSO, Eric Gelman illuminated the laser at an airborne at
flight deputies' helicopter early Friday morning.The PCSO helicopter was airborne shortly before 4 p.m., assisting the Clearwater Police Department with a call for service, when the flight deputies said a blue laser was flashed twice into the helicopter cockpit.The flight deputies traced the laser to a home in at 1200 Sunset Lane in Dunedin, where the blue laser device was recovered and Gelman was arrested and charged with felony misuse of a laser lighting device (third degree).Gelman was transported to the Pinellas County Jail.The investigation is ongoing.
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