--- description: The man was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder title: Man Arrested After Bulldozing House With a Family Asleep Inside image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Australia](/tag/australia/) ## Australia Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Man Arrested After Bulldozing House With a Family Asleep Inside by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 8, 2015 2:58 PM CUT by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 8, 2015 2:58 PM CUT A 48-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder in Australia Monday after allegedly driving a stolen bulldozer into a house where a woman and her two children were sleeping. Four vehicles parked outside the home were crushed before the bulldozer was turned toward the building and razed it, New South Wales police said in a statement. A neighbor was able to run inside and help a 56-year-old woman and her two daughters, aged 15 and 20, to escape the home before it was flattened. The incident happened at 7:10 a.m. (5:10 p.m. ET Sunday) in the town of Teralba, a suburb of… [Read the rest of the story from our partners at NBC News](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/bulldozed-house-teralba-australia-leads-attempted-murder-arrest-n371426?cid=par-time-article%5F20150608 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3912505/australia-bulldoze-house/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3912505/australia-bulldoze-house/"},"headline":"Man Arrested After Bulldozing House With a Family Asleep Inside","datePublished":"2015-06-08T14:58:25.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T08:00:16.021Z","description":"The man was arrested in Australia on suspicion of attempted murder","url":"https://time.com/3912505/australia-bulldoze-house/","keywords":["Australia","Crime"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"NBC News","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nbc-news/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/australia/","name":"Australia"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3912505/australia-bulldoze-house/","name":"Man Arrested After Bulldozing House With a Family Asleep Inside"}}]}] ```