Flathead Valley man given prison time for targeting aircraft with laser pointer

A Kalispell man received prison time Thursday for aiming a laser pointer at an airplane flying over the city in 2023.  

U.S. District Judge Dana Christensen handed down a two-and-a-half-year sentence to Nolan Wayne Hamman, 32, in federal court in Missoula on Feb. 6. His stint behind bars will be followed by three years of supervised release.  

Hamman pleaded guilty in October to aiming a laser pointer at an aircraft.