In the cockpit of his F/A-18 Super Hornet last April, Lt. Cmdr. Joseph Furco switched on a device mounted on his helmet and zeroed in on a man pointing a potentially deadly weapon into the sky, court documents said.
His target wasn’t an insurgent in Afghanistan with a rocket launcher, though. It was a heavy-equipment mechanic in Virginia Beach with a laser pointer.
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Federal agents tracked down Bruce with the help of Furco’s targeting skills, the observations of several other pilots and a series of phone calls placed from Bruce’s personal cell phone.
According to court documents, at least 10 Navy pilots reported seeing lasers emanating from the area of Bruce’s home in the Princess Anne Plaza neighborhood of Virginia Beach between Dec. 29, 2011, and June 5, 2012.
In addition to using the laser, Bruce repeatedly called the NAS Oceana Noise Complaint line to complain about the jets. In some of the 21 calls he made between March 1 and May 15, he threatened violence.
“One day someone’s gonna blow your ass up, start taking potshots at your (expletive) precious jets,” Bruce said in one messages, court documents said.
On June 5, Naval Criminal Investigative Service agents staked out Bruce’s home. Before serving a search warrant at the residence, they watched as Bruce walked outside and trained a laser at a passing jet.
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