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14 Aiming a laser at an aircraft is a federal crime that can net offenders up to five years in jail or cost them a $250,000 fine. Even with this heavy potential penalty, laser strikes have become increasingly more common. According to the FAA, 6,852 such incidents were reported in 2020, compared with 385 in 2006, and so far this year, incidents of “joy lasing” are up 20 percent over last year. Cheap and easily obtained, hand-held lasers used as pointers and cat toys are certainly harmless when used as intended. But when they are aimed at the cockpit of an aircraft, they can temporarily blind the pilot with possibly deadly consequences. ....
By Mary Pacinda, Air Force Research Laboratory / Published May 03, 2021
Flight Officer Camron Iverson of the Washington State Patrol tested laser protection lenses formulated at AFRL’s Materials and Manufacturing Directorate. (Courtesy photo)
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Four years later, Naperville police still seeking leads in Aurora native s murder Courtesy of Naperville policeMatthew Lange, 37, of Oswego, was shot and killed on Jan. 27, 2017, while waiting for his son outside a school in Naperville.
Updated 1/28/2021 12:42 PM Four years after Matthew Lange was fatally shot in his car while waiting for his son to get out of school, Naperville police say they are still actively seeking leads. The 37-year-old Aurora native was shot multiple times on the evening of Jan. 27, 2017, while waiting in the parking lot of Scullen Middle School in Naperville, where his son was attending Polish school.
Lange, an assistant professor at Lewis University in Romeoville, was driving a silver 2013 Hyundai Elantra, police said. ....
This year was not kind to anyone, especially the retail business. The COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown last spring was enough to drive an already fragile state for retail even further into the hole. Several retail chains called it quits this year, including Pier 1 Imports and Pet Valu. In Lycoming County, the Lycoming Mall lost a few more stores as it struggled to bring in business after being shutdown from mid-March to early June. The area saw few new store announcements this year. Below is a review of what has closed in our area this year, and what will be coming soon: ....