Waltham Police Searching For Person Flashing Laser On Private Property Along Trapelo Road

By Mike Sullivan, CBS Boston

October 19, 2023

WALTHAM - Waltham police are on the lookout for someone flashing a green laser on private property along Trapelo Road. The fear is they may be aiming it at planes.

Since Aug. 31, the police department has been called to the area four times now for reports of the laser. Some neighbors had it flash into their bedrooms, and another person caught it on camera. It's happening at the Walter Fernald Development Center. It's an abandoned mental health institution dating back to the 1800s. People aren't allowed to be there.

So far, Waltham police have yet to catch anyone in that act and have no indication that the person has aimed it at a plane. However, in the neighbor's video, you can hear a plane flying overhead.

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