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February 28, 2013 - Kenneth Santodomingo, aka
“Juan Goel Pagan” and “Juan Joel Pagan,” 22,
appeared this morning before U.S. District Judge
Reed C. O’Connor and pleaded guilty to an
indictment charging one count of aiming a laser
pointer at an aircraft.
On January 28, 2013, after a criminal complaint
was filed for the offense Santodoming has been
in custody since that time. He faces a maximum
statutory penalty of five years in federal
prison and a $250,000 fine. The court set
Santodomingo’s sentencing hearing for July 25,
2013.
According to documents filed in the case, at
approximately 4:08 a.m. on January 28, 2013, two
Dallas Police Department (DPD) officers were
operating a DPD helicopter over a residential
area in search of a motor vehicle burglary
suspect when the cockpit was illuminated by a
laser pointer approximately four times over a
10-minute period.
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