Investigators in Florida are pointing fingers at a 24-year-old man they claim shined a laser beam at a passing helicopter.

Usman Tufail was arrested last week after police say he flashed a laser eight times at a helicopter used by the Seminole County Sheriff's Dept, WOFL-TV reported.

At the time, authorities inside the helicopter were tailing a burglary suspect. As a result of Tufail's alleged bright idea, the pilots were blinded by the beam and had to stop their pursuit