A Freeland man accused of injuring two ferry captains with a high-powered laser last fall has a prior laser-related charge involving a Langley police officer.

In the most recent case, prosecutors charged Mark D. Raden, 27, in Island County Superior Court April 1 with two counts of third-degree assault, which are felony charges.

Raden is accused of shining a blue laser from one ferry to another on the Mukilteo-to-Clinton run on the night of Oct. 22, 2015, according to the report by Trooper Evan Bacon with the Washington State Patrol.

Raden was on the car deck of the Kitsap and allegedly pointed the laser at the pilothouse of the Tokitae as the two ferries were nearly perpendicular to each other.

Bacon contacted Raden, who was in a car with another man, after the ferry docked on the Mukilteo side.

Raden told the trooper he had just recently gotten the handheld laser and was just having fun with it. He said he had only shined it at the water and was very sorry that it bounced into the ferry from the water, the report states.

The chief mate and captain of the Tokitae were injured. One suffered a damaged retina and a first-degree burn to the eyelid, according to the State Patrol.

Bacon seized the laser, which was then sent to the University of Washington Biomedical Electronics Services for testing.

The laser output was tested at 1.1 watts. In another test, the laser was pointed at a piece of wood five feet away; the wood immediately blackened and smoldered in about three seconds, according to the police report.

“It was obvious the laser was a hazard and could be used as a weapon,” Bacon wrote.

In an incident on July 12, 2015, Raden was accused of pointing a purple laser at an officer while his friend injured Langley Police Chief David Marks’ middle finger.

Marks was patrolling the streets when he saw Raden and 26-year-old Dillon T. Reisman using a powerful laser to illuminate the sky.

Raden started shining the laser into the windows of a house on Second Avenue, prompting the chief to tell his officers that the laser would alarm anyone sleeping in the homes and they should stop the laser pointers.

Marks and a couple of officers approached the two men.

Raden allegedly pointed the laser in one of the officers’ face, illuminating his head in a purple light, Marks wrote in his report on the incident. Raden eventually stopped after being warned repeatedly.

Reisman and the chief got into a brief struggle and ended up falling over a small retention wall together.

Marks later realized that his left middle finger was “pointing in the wrong direction” and he was unable to move the end of his finger, the report states. He was diagnosed with “mallet finger.”

Raden was charged Nov. 18 with the unlawful discharge of a laser.

Reisman, a Langley resident, was charged Oct. 27 with assault in the third degree but pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge.