Upstate New York man who pointed green laser at passenger plane headed to federal prison

Upstate New York man who pointed green laser at passenger plane headed to federal prison

An Upstate New York man will serve 18 months in prison for pointing a laser at a commercial aircraft as it approached Buffalo Niagara International Airport.U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo sentenced Joseph L. Crapsi, 31, of Cheektowaga, after he was convicted of aiming a green laser pointer at a Delta Airlines flight on March 2, 2024. Crapsi lives in the airport’s flight path.