[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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"Now I feel stupid"
understatement of the year. lol
That's a sad story.
If I was the neighbor I never would have pressed charges as long as the doofus agreed to pay for any damages. The poor guy was just trying to be chivalrous! LOLz.
lol I can hear it now,
"I come to save you my lady" like Don Quixote
Heh, if he had busted in a few moments earlier he might have caught the poor neighbor waxing his carrot.
Talk about a traumatic experience. The dude would have had PTSD/EED for the rest of his miserable life!
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oh gosh that's funny.
That must have been some good acting. Usually acting from porn films teh suck.
Lise wrote:
That must have been some good acting. Usually acting from porn films teh suck.[/DIV]
No pun intended.?
Well, I for one would be thankful to have a neighbour willing to get involved in the face of danger. (ideally, one who didn't live with his mother), but at least he tried.
39 and still lives at home yikes!!!
ripper wrote:
Lise wrote:
That must have been some good acting. Usually acting from porn films teh suck.[/DIV]
No pun intended.?[/DIV]
Ohahahahaha...... geez....... naughty, ripper. (//vny!://discoverseattle.net/forums/richedit/smileys/Happy/9.gif)
some of the girls in porn seem to be good actress. they seem to be into it.
But it's all fake though, you can totally tell. Like she peeks up and thinks, hey are we done yet or do I have to moan a bit more? And don't tell me they enjoy every bit of it.
They may not enjoy it, but there MUST be some job satisfaction involved.
That freak must have really cranked up the volume. I thought porn was meant to stimulate the eyes and not the ears. Maybe he was blind.
The fact that if the other man gets charged, for more than the damages he occured.. it will go to show what the Lawyers and Laws of the land say about good samaritans. And this will drastically discourage any help for any person being attacked or raped.. the societies for raped, abused, and civil liberties should be all over this.
The reason why he was charged is because the system actually encourages crime. Face it we have a bunch of bleeding heart judges and politicians. From the Y.O.A. to career crimainals who constantly get slapped on the wrist,the system is skewed towards the thugs and punks for a reason. If it wasn't for them the judges and lawyers would be asking "would you like fries with that order'"
That freak must have really cranked up the volume. I thought porn was meant to stimulate the eyes and not the ears. Maybe he was blind.
That's possible ripper....I hear watching too much porn can lead to blindness. [img style="CURSOR: pointer" onclick=url(this.src); src="vny!://www.cheesebuerger.de/images/smilie/figuren/k070.gif" border=0][/DIV]
I watched the guy being interviewed on the news and he was laughing and joking about the scene in the DVD.........not one word of regret for what happened
49er wrote:
I watched the guy being interviewed on the news and he was laughing and joking about the scene in the DVD.........not one word of regret for what happened
The prOn watching guy? Or the guy that came in to stop a rape?
Yea....^ I'd like to know which one also.
i would think he meant that guy who tried to stop the rape.
why would the guy watching porn have any regrets about what happened?
it was the guy upstairs, the one watching the porn.