[h1]Porn DVD screams prompt sword 'rescue'[/h1] [h6]Associated Press[/h6] [!-- begin body-content --] [span class="dateline"]OCONOMOWOC, Wis.[/span][span class="dateline-separator"] - [/span]A man says he broke into an apartment with a cavalry sword because he thought he heard a woman being raped, but the sound actually was from a pornographic movie his upstairs neighbor was watching.[/p] "Now I feel stupid," said James Van Iveren, who has been charged in the case. "This really is nothing, nothing but a mistake."[/p] According to a criminal complaint, the neighbor told police that Van Iveren pounded on the door and kicked it open without warning Feb. 12, damaging the frame and lock.[/p] "Where is she?" Van Iveren demanded, thrusting the sword at the neighbor, the complaint said. "Where is she?"[/p] The neighbor told police Van Iveren became increasingly aggressive as he repeated the question, insisting that he had heard a woman being raped. The complaint said that, with the sword pointed at him, the neighbor led Van Iveren throughout the apartment, opening closet doors to prove he was alone.[/p] The neighbor later played for police the part of the DVD he believed Van Iveren heard downstairs.[/p] Van Iveren, 39, of Oconomowoc, was charged with criminal trespass, criminal damage and disorderly conduct, all while using a dangerous weapon, and is due in court March 5. Together, the misdemeanor counts carry a maximum sentence of 33 months in jail.[/p] Van Iveren said Tuesday that he heard a woman "screaming for help," grabbed the sword, bounded up the stairs, kicked in the apartment door and confronted the man who lived there.[/p] "I intended to hold it behind my back and knock. But I froze and instead, what happened happened," he told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.[/p] Contesting his neighbor's account, Van Iveren said he didn't look anywhere in the apartment except the front room, and that he never threatened the neighbor with the sword.[/p] "I had the sword extended. But that was all," he said.[/p] Van Iveren, who lives with his mother in the downstairs apartment, said he did not call police when he heard the noises because he does not have a telephone. He said he barely knew the upstairs tenant.[/p] Police seized Van Iveren's sword, which he said was a family heirloom.
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