Man charged after laser shone at police plane

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Oprah FlashWest Midlands

News image — The plane was deployed over Telford on Tuesday

National Police Air Service A stock image of a dark blue and yellow fixed wing police plane with the letters G-POLW printed on the side. — The plane was deployed over Telford on Tuesday

A man has been charged after a laser was shone at a police plane deployed in a road rage inquiry.

The National Police Air Service (NPAS) fixed-winged plane was being flown over Telford on Tuesday to help find a suspect in connection with an incident on Mossey Green Way in Ketley Bank.

West Mercia Police was alerted to the laser and inquiries led the force to Old Office Road in Dawley. Reed Beers, 60, of Dawley in Telford, was arrested then charged with dazzling or distracting a pilot.

He has been released on police bail and is due to appear at Telford Magistrates' Court on 27 March.

Google A generic photo of a road going from the bottom left on the photo, with trees pictured to the left and right of the street. The image includes a junction with another road at the bottom and a further junction with a different street in the middle. — The road rage incident happened on Mossey Green Way on Tuesday evening

A man detained in relation to the road rage incident, on suspicion of being in possession of a firearm with intent to cause fear of violence, has since been released on bail, West Mercia Police said.

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