Slide Court Report

The Department of Justice announced the indictment of a Bakersfield man who stands accused of knowingly aiming the beam of a laser pointer at Air One, a Kern County Sheriff’s Office helicopter, according to a DOJ news release.

Alejandro Galvan-Silvestre, 23, of Bakersfield, was arrested Monday, following a federal grand jury indictment on Aug. 25. It was unsealed shortly after Galvan-Silvestre’s arrest.