{"id":23192,"date":"2020-03-04T22:18:57","date_gmt":"2020-03-04T22:18:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/03\/04\/ncis-suspect-targeted-navy-jets-by-attaching-flashlights-to-garden-rake\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:58:31","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:58:31","slug":"ncis-suspect-targeted-navy-jets-by-attaching-flashlights-to-garden-rake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2020\/03\/04\/ncis-suspect-targeted-navy-jets-by-attaching-flashlights-to-garden-rake\/","title":{"rendered":"NCIS: Suspect targeted Navy jets by attaching flashlights to garden rake"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A woman accused of shining lights late last year at Navy aircraft conducting night training over Virginia Beach used a makeshift device to target the planes, authorities believe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lou Ella Moore attached flashlights to a garden rake, Naval Criminal Investigative Service spokesperson Jeff Houston told Navy Times Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Moore, 64, was arrested Friday by NCIS in the 4400 block of Blackwater Road and faces a class-6 felony charge of interfering with or endangering aircraft on Dec. 16, 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She was released on a $1,500 secured bond and is barred from leaving Virginia. 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Jones<\/a>, did not return a message left for him Wednesday by Navy Times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Macie P. 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