CAROLYN FEIBEL, STAFF WRITER
The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
02-18-2006
Probation for shining laser into airplane -- Judge says defendant 'never meant ... harm'
By CAROLYN FEIBEL, STAFF WRITER
Date: 02-18-2006, Saturday
Section: NEWS
Edtion: All Editions
Biographical: DAVID W. BANACH
NEWARK — "A few moments of reckless action in an otherwise blameless life" is how a federal judge on Friday described an incident in which a Parsippany man pointed a hand-held laser at a charter aircraft on its approach to Teterboro Airport, temporarily blinding both pilots.
David Banach, a 39-year-old father of three, choked up moments before U.S. District John C. Lifland sentenced him to two years' probation.
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