WASHINGTON, June 8 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's U.S. Attorney's office for XXXXXX (insert district) issued the following press release:
SANTA ANA, California - A Laguna Niguel man was sentenced today to 108 months in federal prison for using a semi-automatic rifle to repeatedly shoot at an Orange County Sheriff's Department (OCSD) helicopter from a second-story window at his home.
Justin Derek Jennings, 41, was sentenced by United States District Judge John W. Holcomb.
Jennings pleaded guilty in August 2025 to one count of attempting to damage, destroy, disable, or wreck an aircraft in the special aircraft jurisdiction of the United States.
On March 9, 2024, Jennings - from a second-story window of his residence - used a semi-aut...