By Desire Emmanuel with Agency Reports
A man in Pennsylvania, United States, was so angry by his wife’s divorce filing that he got into an excavator and demolished their house with the woman and their two daughters still inside it, the country’s media reported.
Divorces can get messy, but you don’t often hear about people destroying their own houses just because their marriage fell apart.
However, one marital dispute in Butler County, Pennsylvania, got so out of hand that the husband used an excavator to demolish his own house after hearing that his wife wanted to divorce him.
When 48-year-old Eric Pierwsza’s wife told him that their marriage was over and she had filed for divorce, she didn’t expect a positive reaction, but she also didn’t expect him to bring down the house.
However, after a night of drinking, the man did just that, using an excavator to demolish his own property. He was lucky that neighbours quickly intervened as not just a half of the structure was eventually pulled down.
People may probably never know exactly what prompted Eric Pierwsza’s extreme reaction to his wife’s divorce filing, but according to CBS News, it occurred after a night of drinking.
After allegedly telling his wife, “If it’s over, I’ll tear the house down,” the man climbed an excavator and started tearing down the house.
Shockingly, the man’s wife and two daughters were still inside the home while he was tearing into it with the construction machinery, and sounds of the demolition were heard by the police during the spouse’s desperate 911 call. Luckily, they were not injured.
After destroying half of the house, Pierwsza allegedly went inside, took a bag and went into town, where he was apprehended by police and taken into custody.
He now faces several legal charges, including causing a catastrophe, reckless endangerment and disorderly conduct.
Although the damage done to the house doesn’t look irreparable, police investigators told reporters that the structural damage was so severe that the entire building will probably need to be demolished for safety reasons.
