Whew! What a week for weird crimes. So far we've had self-styled ninjas wounding themselves, crossbow-wielding attackers, an underage drunk driver turning herself in and a miraculously harmless 8-story fall. (Okay, that last one isn't a "crime," but you get what we're saying. It's been a weird week for violence.) Now, to cap it off this Friday: a construction equipment rampage in Stanwood.

KIRO reports that a Stanwood man hijacked an excavator in an attempt to destroy buildings at a local business. The as-yet unnamed man destroyed a construction trailer and a couple of water tanks before rolling the excavator.

The driver of the excavator was taken in with minor injuries and will be charged upon release from the hospital. Besides him, no one was hurt. Frustratingly, there is as yet no indicator of what his motives were, although police say it wasn't an act of ecoterrorism.

What's going on with Washington criminals? Did something snap last week, and now guns and knives and stolen cars aren't enough for them? We're hoping things don't escalate to Killdozer-caliber levels.

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