Man Pleads No Contest to Pointing Laser at Occupied Aircraft

Man Pleads No Contest to Pointing Laser at Occupied Aircraft

A man who was arrested last year following an investigation into reports of a laser being pointed at commercial aircraft and helicopters in West Los Angeles pleaded no contest Monday to 13 felony counts. Steve Farzam, now 47, was immediately sentenced to three years formal probation, with conditions including mandatory counseling, no possession or use of a laser device of any kind, no possession or use of stand-alone police scanners, law enforce…