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11-06-2007, 12:49
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Police are looking for the pilot of a plane -- and two possible accomplices -- who buzzed Farmington Hills' Harrison High School, chucking toilet paper and paint balls out the window.
No one was hurt in the incident, which happened at about 2:20 p.m. Thursday at the school on 12 Mile, just east of Orchard Lake Road.
There is a $500 reward being offered by police. Officials say no one was injured, although a bag of paint balls nearly hit an occupied car, police say.
"It's over the top," said Estralee Michaelson, Farmington Hills Public Schools' director of safe schools.
Police say the blue single-engine plane with a yellow stripe buzzed the school at a low altitude, making several passes.
Police Chief William Dwyer said several students were outside watching the plane after having been given advance notice. He said three former Harrison students could be involved.
"This could have been a real tragedy," Dwyer said. "I think they thought it was a prank, but it wasn't. It's just a matter of time before we identify them."
Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Elizabeth Cory said there is an open investigation.
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Police are looking for the pilot of a plane -- and two possible accomplices -- who buzzed Farmington Hills' Harrison High School, chucking toilet paper and paint balls out the window.
No one was hurt in the incident, which happened at about 2:20 p.m. Thursday at the school on 12 Mile, just east of Orchard Lake Road.
There is a $500 reward being offered by police. Officials say no one was injured, although a bag of paint balls nearly hit an occupied car, police say.
"It's over the top," said Estralee Michaelson, Farmington Hills Public Schools' director of safe schools.
Police say the blue single-engine plane with a yellow stripe buzzed the school at a low altitude, making several passes.
Police Chief William Dwyer said several students were outside watching the plane after having been given advance notice. He said three former Harrison students could be involved.
"This could have been a real tragedy," Dwyer said. "I think they thought it was a prank, but it wasn't. It's just a matter of time before we identify them."
Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Elizabeth Cory said there is an open investigation.
Only in the US of A.