Wisconsin High School Teachers Attacked in Middle of the Night

In the evening hours of May 2005, two Wisconsin high school teachers were startled by the sound of explosions and fire in their home, while their new born baby was asleep on the second floor of their home.

The husband was in the living room reading a newspaper, when glass shattered and fire broke out in the kitchen and dinning room area following a deafening series of explosion and numerous flashes of colored light. He recalled yelling up to his wife to get their baby out of the house, as it was on fire. He then located their fire extinguisher and attempted to put the fire out. The police were called and investigated the incident.

It was discovered through unknown sources that several students from the high school where the couple taught were involved. The students were later questioned about the incident, and police were able to get confessions.

On those late evening hours, several students were having an alcohol party several blocks away from the teachers residence, then decided to have some fun. They went for a walk, taking with them some cans of beer, and a three inch fireworks mortar tube and some mortars. While standing on the sidewalk in front of the teacher's home, the students laid the mortar tube onto it's side, firing the first round which missed the house, going just over the rooftop. The second round was a direct hit on the small kitchen window, leaving behind a perfect round hole in the glass. After the mortar had entered through the kitchen window, it exploded, releasing numerous smaller projectiles throughout the kitchen, dinning room, and portions of the living room, resulting on a series of multiple explosions. The home sustained damage to the kitchen and dinning room floors, as well as the living room carpeting. The stove was stuck by the main projectile and damaged. Furniture was scorched, and needed to be replaced. There was a good amount of smoke damage to the first floor of the home.