A 40-year-old man has been charged after a laser beam was aimed at the police helicopter in Grimsby yesterday.
The incident took place in the early hours and the man was arrested in the Winchester Avenue are shortly after reports were made.
Simon Pearson, of St Nicholas Drive, Grimsby, has been bailed to appear at Grimsby & Cleethorpes Magistrates' Court later this month.
He is charged under Article 222 of the Air Navigation Order which specifies that a person must not in the United Kingdom shine any light at any aircraft so as to dazzle or distract the pilot of the aircraft.
