Man smashes own car with axe after wife 'damaged' his action figures
A 34-year-old man who thought his wife damaged his action figures has been arrested after he retaliated by taking an axe to the family’s car, TV and laptop.
The Wisconsin man, whose name has not been released, used a log-splitting axe to destroy the items inside the house on Sunday night while his wife wasn’t home.
He then moved outside, chopped both side mirrors off the family car and struck the windshield with such force that the axe became stuck, police said.
“When officers arrived, they found the axe embedded in the windshield of the car,” Madison Police Chief Mike Koval said.
Chief Koval said the remorseful husband then called 911 to report himself where he admitted that he might have overreacted.
“The suspect called 911 himself because of his actions in response to drinking too much and then overreacting when believing his wife had damaged some of his prized property (action figures),” he said.
He was arrested and faces charges of disorderly conduct and felony damage to property.
Police say he caused more than $5,000 in damages.
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