Angry because his wife's glasses were broken
a Hammond man tried to blow up the house of the neighbor he felt was responsible for the damaged spectacles, police said.
Prosecutors charged David Michielsen, 6529 Alexander St., with detonating a destructive device with intent to intimidate or destroy and manufacturing a destructive device.
Michielsen, 27, faces 58 years in prison if convicted of both counts.
The neighbor told police she was at Michielsen's house earlier Sunday when his wife's glasses were broken by the neighbor's and Michielsen's children, according to the probable cause affidavit.
Michielsen got upset and told her and her kids to leave, the affidavit alleges.
Later, Michielsen asked the neighbor for a pair of glasses he could use to fix his wife's. She gave Michielsen a pair of her son's, which he returned minutes later, throwing them at her and saying they wouldn't work, the affidavit states.
Michielsen reportedly told the neighbor she and her family would get a good night's sleep while he stayed up trying to fix the glasses, the report states.
Around 11 p.m., the neighbor heard a noise outside. When she looked out the window, she saw Michielsen hunched over and running away toward his house.
She went outside and found a canister with a lighted green wick sticking out of it sitting on top of her air conditioning unit, the report states. After putting it out, the woman called police.
An officer with the bomb squad examined the canister and found it full of black powder and wrapped with electrical tape.
Michielsen's wife agreed to let officers search, the report states. They found a green wick, metal shavings and a pack of model rocket engines laying on a counter in Michielsen's garage.
BY RUTHANN ROBINSON
rrobinson@nwitimes.com
219.662.5331 This entry was posted by the Cat, on Friday, September 29, 2006.
Prosecutors charged David Michielsen, 6529 Alexander St., with detonating a destructive device with intent to intimidate or destroy and manufacturing a destructive device.
Michielsen, 27, faces 58 years in prison if convicted of both counts.
The neighbor told police she was at Michielsen's house earlier Sunday when his wife's glasses were broken by the neighbor's and Michielsen's children, according to the probable cause affidavit.
Michielsen got upset and told her and her kids to leave, the affidavit alleges.
Later, Michielsen asked the neighbor for a pair of glasses he could use to fix his wife's. She gave Michielsen a pair of her son's, which he returned minutes later, throwing them at her and saying they wouldn't work, the affidavit states.
Michielsen reportedly told the neighbor she and her family would get a good night's sleep while he stayed up trying to fix the glasses, the report states.
Around 11 p.m., the neighbor heard a noise outside. When she looked out the window, she saw Michielsen hunched over and running away toward his house.
She went outside and found a canister with a lighted green wick sticking out of it sitting on top of her air conditioning unit, the report states. After putting it out, the woman called police.
An officer with the bomb squad examined the canister and found it full of black powder and wrapped with electrical tape.
Michielsen's wife agreed to let officers search, the report states. They found a green wick, metal shavings and a pack of model rocket engines laying on a counter in Michielsen's garage.
BY RUTHANN ROBINSON
rrobinson@nwitimes.com
219.662.5331 This entry was posted by the Cat, on Friday, September 29, 2006.
