TEEN-AGER HURT IN POLICE RAID

Officers Storm Apartment, Find Guns, Ammunition And Marijuana

A teen-ager suffered burns from an incendiary device Thursday when police
stormed a Downtown apartment, seizing guns, ammunition and marijuana and
arresting two other teen-agers.

The burned 18-year-old was in a rear bedroom during the 5 a.m. raid at 123
E. Johnson St. He suffered first- and second-degree burns to his abdomen
and hands from an incendiary device officers threw through a rear window.
The raid was carried out by the Madison Police Emergency Response Team.

The victim, who was not identified by police, was treated at University
Hospital and released, police said. He was not arrested.

"The device did land on this guy while he was lying in bed," police
spokesman Dave Gouran said.

Capt. Jeff LaMar, commander of the emergency response team, could not be
reached late Thursday for comment on the burn mishap.

Sgt. Ann Lehner said, "This is a well-planned-out operation."

The seldom-used incendiary device, a 5-inch-long cylinder filled with flash
powder, is intended as a diversion "so that officers can move quickly to
control and secure a situation before suspects can (reach for) weapons,"
Gouran said.

Nicholas E. Rosseter, 18, was arrested on suspicion of possessing marijuana
with intent to deliver it, while armed; and Brad L. Turbyfill, also 18, was
held on a tentative charge of possession of marijuana with intent to
deliver it.

Neither had prior criminal records in Wisconsin.

A judge had granted police a "no knock" search warrant for guns, drugs and
other property at the first-floor flat, because police expected multiple
guns and suspects were inside, Gouran said.

The specially trained emergency response team was called in for "high-risk
entry procedures ... designed to not only protect the officers themselves,
but the suspects and the community at large as well, by minimizing the
opportunity for gunfire," Gouran said. No shots were fired.

Police seized four long guns, including a sawed-off rifle, a fake handgun,
a "sizable amount" of ammunition and "a significant quantity" of marijuana,
he said.