NCIS: Suspect targeted Navy jets by attaching flashlights to garden rake

[Elderberry]

Navy Times by Courtney Mabeus 3/4/2020

 A woman accused of shining lights late last year at Navy aircraft conducting night training over Virginia Beach used a makeshift device to target the planes, authorities believe.

Lou Ella Moore attached flashlights to a garden rake, Naval Criminal Investigative Service spokesperson Jeff Houston told Navy Times Wednesday.

Moore, 64, was arrested Friday by NCIS in the 4400 block of Blackwater Road and faces a class-6 felony charge of interfering with or endangering aircraft on Dec. 16, 2019.

More: https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2020/03/04/ncis-suspect-targeted-navy-jets-by-attaching-flashlights-to-garden-rake/

[PeteS in CA]

A hippy who never outgrew her hatred for the military?

[Elderberry]

Years ago the cops came out as my dad's neighbor pointed a shovel at a helicopter flying over. He just got tired of them flying over his yard as they went to land on the roof of a hotel close by.  No flashlight was involved.

[catfish1957]

Years ago the cops came out as my dad's neighbor pointed a shovel at a helicopter flying over. He just got tired of them flying over his yard as they went to land on the roof of a hotel close by.  No flashlight was involved.

A flashlight on a rake?  I am a huge miltary supporter, but this seems a bit extreme. 

[Elderberry]

They didn't report the kind of flashlight. One of mine will put out a beam or strobe at 3660 lumens. And I know there are more powerful ones available.