By Editor,Nikki Schwab

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A man described as ‘shirtless, talking to himself and being loud’ is now facing prison time for pointing a laser pointer at Marine One, the presidential helicopter, while President Donald Trump was on board.

The Justice Department on Monday charged Jacob Samuel Winkler with aiming a laser pointer at an aircraft, a felony that carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison.

A member of the Secret Service Uniformed Bicycle Division was assigned to secure a flight path for Marine One on Saturday ahead of Trump’s departure to Mount Vernon.

The officer was patrolling 17th Street N.W. and Constitution Avenue, an intersection south of the White House, when he noticed Winkler walking toward him from 16th Street N.W., an affidavit said.

The Secret Service officer shone a flashlight at Winkler, who in turn shone the red laser pointer at his face.

Winkler is then accused of directing the laser pointer at Marine One, which had just lifted off from the White House’s South Lawn.

That action, according to the testimony, was a ‘danger to Marine One and everyone on-board.’

Winkler’s ‘conduct posed a risk of flash blindness and pilot disorientation, especially during low-level flight near other helicopters,’ the affidavit said, noting the nearby flight paths of U.S. Park Police and U.S. Marine Corps helicopters and the Washington Monument.

‘This placed Marine One at risk of an airborne collision,’ the court document said.

Washington, D.C., was already reeling earlier this year when a Black Hawk flew into an American Airlines commercial plane that was landing at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, killing all 67 people aboard both aircraft.

Winkler was quickly detained and handcuffed.

He started saying things like ‘I should apologize to Donald Trump’ and ‘I apologize to Donald Trump,’ several times.

The defendant said he was unaware that he couldn’t point a laser pointer at a helicopter and said he often pointed a laser pointer at ‘all kinds of things, such as stop signs.’

Investigators found the laser pointer and a three-inch fixed-blade knife on Winkler when he was searched.

It’s unclear if Marine One’s pilots were able to see the laser pointer.

No other details about Winkler were included in the affidavit.

The incident comes after Marine One made an emergency landing Thursday after Trump departed Chequers, the British version of Camp David, after a meeting with U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer as part of his historic second state visit.

Marine One landed at Lutton Airport ‘out of an abundance of caution’ due to a ‘minor hydraulic issue,’ White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement.

The president and First Lady Melania Trump boarded the support helicopter and then safely landed at London’s Stansted airport, joining the waiting staff and press to board Air Force One home.

Trump has complained about the age of the current Air Force One, with the Department of Defense accepting a gift from the Qataris to be retrofitted into a new Air Force One that the Republican president wants to use for the remainder of his term.