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<H2>Hummer used to ram van into house</H2>
<H5>By ROBIN BROWN / The News Journal </H5>
<H6>01/19/2005</H6>
A bitter breakup may have prompted a Townsend man to ram a van through the
walls of a house before dawn Tuesday, police said.
Officers said the man, who was arrested later Tuesday, intentionally drove a
Hummer SUV into the back of a family's parked mini-van, forcing it through the
walls of their home in Glendale Townhouses, off U.S. 40 in Bear.
Brian Campbell, 20, of the 100 block of Wiggins Lane, was charged with felony
reckless endangering and felony criminal mischief, said New Castle County police
spokesman Cpl. Trinidad Navarro. Campbell was awaiting arraignment late Tuesday.
Inspectors from the New Castle County Department of Land Use inspected the
damaged house and said it was unsafe to live in.
The unidentified residents of the home, in the first block of Edward Court,
awoke to the sound of the crash, he said.
Police were called shortly before 2 a.m., and a 42-year-old male resident
told officers he saw Campbell ram the van into the house, Navarro said.
The man told investigators he had been asleep upstairs when he awoke to the
sound of the crash, he said. The man said he saw Campbell, driving a yellow H2
Hummer, still pushing the back of the van, Navarro said.
"The man had a spotlight in his room and shined it out, and he could clearly
see it was Campbell driving," Navarro said.
The man also saw the Hummer back away from the van and flee minutes later, he
said.
The unidentified family escaped unhurt.
The incident is being classified as a domestic disturbance because the man's
daughter and Campbell had recently ended a relationship, Navarro said. The man
told police that Campbell "was not handling the breakup well," he said.
Campbell was arrested a few hours later at his home in Townsend, Navarro
said.
"We don't think it was his Hummer, but when we arrested him, he had Hummer
keys in his pocket," Navarro added. Police have not located the Hummer.
There was no estimate of the damage to the house, the van or their contents.
Authorities did not say whether the town house can be repaired or will have
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<H2>Hummer used to ram van into house</H2>
<H5>By ROBIN BROWN / The News Journal </H5>
<H6>01/19/2005</H6>
A bitter breakup may have prompted a Townsend man to ram a van through the
walls of a house before dawn Tuesday, police said.
Officers said the man, who was arrested later Tuesday, intentionally drove a
Hummer SUV into the back of a family's parked mini-van, forcing it through the
walls of their home in Glendale Townhouses, off U.S. 40 in Bear.
Brian Campbell, 20, of the 100 block of Wiggins Lane, was charged with felony
reckless endangering and felony criminal mischief, said New Castle County police
spokesman Cpl. Trinidad Navarro. Campbell was awaiting arraignment late Tuesday.
Inspectors from the New Castle County Department of Land Use inspected the
damaged house and said it was unsafe to live in.
The unidentified residents of the home, in the first block of Edward Court,
awoke to the sound of the crash, he said.
Police were called shortly before 2 a.m., and a 42-year-old male resident
told officers he saw Campbell ram the van into the house, Navarro said.
The man told investigators he had been asleep upstairs when he awoke to the
sound of the crash, he said. The man said he saw Campbell, driving a yellow H2
Hummer, still pushing the back of the van, Navarro said.
"The man had a spotlight in his room and shined it out, and he could clearly
see it was Campbell driving," Navarro said.
The man also saw the Hummer back away from the van and flee minutes later, he
said.
The unidentified family escaped unhurt.
The incident is being classified as a domestic disturbance because the man's
daughter and Campbell had recently ended a relationship, Navarro said. The man
told police that Campbell "was not handling the breakup well," he said.
Campbell was arrested a few hours later at his home in Townsend, Navarro
said.
"We don't think it was his Hummer, but when we arrested him, he had Hummer
keys in his pocket," Navarro added. Police have not located the Hummer.
There was no estimate of the damage to the house, the van or their contents.
Authorities did not say whether the town house can be repaired or will have
to be rebuilt. </P></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR>
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