CINCINNATI (AP) — Police in Cincinnati say a man was
arrested after driving to a hospital and threatening to shoot down a
medical helicopter the next time it flew over his property.
Police
say 56-year-old Leonard Pflanz drove to Mercy West Hospital on Sunday,
yelled at the University of Cincinnati Health Air Care pilot and
threatened to shoot down the aircraft.
The Cincinnati Enquirer (http://cin.ci/1ygaR9f
) reports that Pflanz was arrested and charged with a felony count of
disrupting public service, and misdemeanor counts of misconduct at an
emergency and aggravated menacing. Jail records didn’t say whether he
had an attorney.
The helicopter apparently flew over the man’s
property en route to the hospital early Sunday. Authorities say Pflanz
drove to the hospital, got out of his vehicle and began yelling at the
pilot.