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Westwood Pilot Scheduled to Be Sentenced Friday in Toilet Paper Incident

Warren Saunders pleaded guilty in December

Westwood resident and pilot Warren Saunders is scheduled to appear in Superior Court in Hackensack Friday morning to be sentenced after pleading guilty to a single count of dropping an object from an airplane.

during a pre-trial conference. At that appearance, Prosecutor Michael Paccioretti recommended a probationary sentence for Saunders.

Saunders admitted to dropping toilet paper from a small plane he was flying Oct. 13 onto the field next to Westwood Middle School. He said he thought the field would be vacant at the time.

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The sentencing is scheduled for Friday at 9 a.m. in front of Judge Lois Lipton.

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