Pilot drops toilet paper over Westwood Regional Middle School, FAA investigating

ONLY ON CLIFFVIEW PILOT: A small craft dropped wet toilet paper over Westwood Regional Middle School tonight, and federal authorities are hot on its tail. Bergen County Sheriff Leo McGuire told CLIFFVIEW PILOT that his Bureau of Criminal Identification was dispatched to the scene to collect evidence following the 9 p.m. incident.

Jerry DeMarco

10/14/2010 3:29 a.m.

CLIFFVIEW PILOT EXCLUSIVE: Westwood police are questioning the person they believe is responsible for a wet toilet paper bombing of an elementary school athletic field tonight. CLICK HERE….

The county’s Hazardous Materials unit also went, in case the paper had been treated with any chemicals, the sheriff said.

“The pilot will be criminally charged if caught,” McGuire added.

Westwood police quickly connected with the Federal Aviation Administration’s Flight Standards team out of Teterboro, an FAA spokeswoman told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. For now, it’s a local investigation, she said.

“Anyone with knowledge of the tail number is asked to notify Westwood police,” McGuire said.

Fire trucks were used to light up the area of the Third Avenue school’s athletic field, where the paper was dumped, a local law enforcement source told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. The scene at what once was the K-4 Ketler Elementary School — now utilized for grades 6 & 7 –was quickly cleared, he said.

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