A northwestern Wisconsin man says he was defending himself when he killed his longtime friend.Wayne Rouillard, 62, pleaded not guilty to first-degree intentional homicide in Polk County Circuit Court Tuesday.
A criminal complaint says Rouillard used a claw hammer, a knife and a wood-splitting maul to kill Stephen Dahlstrom, 61, on Nov. 28. Police say Dahlstrom was found in a pool of blood in Rouillard's garage near Luck. His ankles were tied to a workbench and a knife was in his chest.
The St. Paul Pioneer Press reported that Rouillard told police he and Dahlstrom were watching TV and drinking vodka when Dahlstrom "went berserk" and tried to stab him with an ice pick or screwdriver.
I pity the defense attorney on this one. I think the self-defense went out the window when he tied him to the workbench.
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It's the alcohol. I often wonder why people resort to drinking and getting drunk for just about every reason under the sun. I have one drink and I'm out...I don't get how that's pleasurable. Then...it makes people do very strange things...things they wouldn't do otherwise...and many times it leads to tragedies. I really don't get it.
ReplyDeleteLooks like time to ban hammers and mauls.
ReplyDelete"Looks like time to ban hammers and mauls."
ReplyDeleteBetter yet...ban alcohol.
Ban alcohol, again? Remember how that worked out last century? I suspect not.
ReplyDeleteI guess Dad29 is saying that it would've be easier to shoot him.
ReplyDeleteDaddio is concerned about all the drive by hammerings and the mass maulings that have been in the news.
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