I couldn't get the article last night, so I was just going by the few quotes that carmy53 posted in the opener, and now I be thinkin' that I might've been a little too tough on this poor guy. Here, let me emend my first text.
"Perhaps they could charge him with Idiocy in the First Degree. Maybe also throw in a charge of gutlessness for not leaving a note on his neighbor's door informing him of the mishap, professing gratitude that no one was hurt, offering to pay for all damages, and then giving his word that he'll never play with boom booms again, just because he's too flipping dumb to do so safely."