Reply With Quotethat dude is a ****ing moron...
Man mistakes porn DVD as woman's cries for help
He faces charges after entering apartment with sword in tow
By DAVID DOEGE
ddoege@journalsentinel.com
Posted: Feb. 20, 2007
Oconomowoc - Instincts took over, James Van Iveren says, when he rushed out his door to the sound of a woman being raped in an apartment above.
"It was a woman screaming," he recalled Tuesday. "She was screaming for help."
Sword in hand, he bounded up the stairs, kicked in the door and confronted a man who turned out to be alone - watching a pornographic movie.
"Now I feel stupid," Van Iveren said
Above: Stupid
Worse yet, police seized his sword - a family heirloom - carted him to jail and referred the case to a prosecutor who charged Van Iveren with three criminal counts.
"This really is nothing," Van Iveren insisted, "nothing but a mistake."
Van Iveren's "mistake" unfolded on the morning of Feb. 12 when Van Iveren, 39, of Oconomowoc, was listening to music in the apartment he shares with his mother behind Red & Bunny's Diner on S. Main St.
Suddenly, according to Van Iveren, the distinct cries of a woman pleading for help could be heard coming from the apartment above him. He tried putting them out of his mind at first, but when they persisted, Van Iveren decided something had to be done.
"I don't have a telephone," he said. "I couldn't call the police."
The cries seemed to be coming from the apartment of a tenant he barely knew, but that, Van Iveren said, didn't matter.
"It had nothing to do with him," he said. "I didn't even know if he was there. It was the woman. I thought there was a woman."
The woman, according to a criminal complaint, was on a DVD being watched by the neighbor, who later played part of the movie back for police to point out what he figured Van Iveren heard downstairs.
To Van Iveren, the neighbor's film sounded like a rape in progress.
"So I grabbed the cavalry sword and ran upstairs," he said. "I intended to hold it behind my back and knock.
"But I froze and instead, what happened happened."
According to the criminal complaint, the neighbor told police that Van Iveren pounded on the door and kicked it open without warning, damaging the frame and lock in the process.
"Where is she?" Van Iveren demanded, thrusting the 39-inch sword at the neighbor, according to the complaint. "Where is she?"
The neighbor told police that Van Iveren became increasingly aggressive as he repeated the question, insisting that he'd heard a woman being raped. With the sword pointed at him, the neighbor led Van Iveren throughout the apartment, opening closet doors to prove he was alone, according to the complaint.
Van Iveren said it wasn't nearly that dramatic.
"I walked in the front room and looked around," he said. "When I saw there was no woman, I left.
"I went downstairs and when I looked out the window, I saw the police had come, so I went out to tell them what happened."
Van Iveren insisted that he never threatened the neighbor with the sword.
"I had the sword extended," he said. "But that was all."
The neighbor wasn't home when a reporter visited the building Tuesday, and he could not be reached by telephone.
For his effort, Van Iveren was charged with criminal trespass while using a dangerous weapon, criminal damage to property while using a dangerous weapon and disorderly conduct while using a dangerous weapon, all criminal misdemeanors that carry a maximum total penalty of 33 months in jail.
"All of them are going to be dismissed," he predicted. "They have to.
"This was all just a big mistake."
The prosecutor who issued the charges could not be reached for comment Tuesday. Van Iveren, who was released on a signature bond when he was charged last week, is due to appear in court March 5.
Yeah, being concerned of other people's safety is moronic...
I've allways wanted to play "Russ Meyer's Civilization"
he went a little too far tattila...
A sword?
Would you have prefered a gun?
Tough looking a the guy I am supprised he didn't have one of those two handed Klingon things form Star Trek handy. Would have made a better story.
"The DPRK is still in a state of war with the U.S. It's called a black out." - Che explaining why orbital nightime pictures of NK show few lights. Seriously.
Kitchen knife would probably have been enough
Asmodean
Im not sure what Baruk Khazad is , but if they speak Judeo-Dwarvish, that would be "blessed are the dwarves" - lord of the mark
Of all the menacing kitchen utensils, I'd go with the meat tenderizer.
"The DPRK is still in a state of war with the U.S. It's called a black out." - Che explaining why orbital nightime pictures of NK show few lights. Seriously.
I never really understood the attraction some people have to rape porn.
"Our scientific power has out run out spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men." - Martin Luther King Jr.
"A cynical, mercenary, demagogic press will produce in time a people as base as itself." - Joseph Pulitzer
I guess if it actually keeps them from doing it themselves, though perhaps it just encourages it.
"The DPRK is still in a state of war with the U.S. It's called a black out." - Che explaining why orbital nightime pictures of NK show few lights. Seriously.
I kinda agree that the guy did a justified thing.
It owuld still have been better to call police.
It is funny, but hardly something he should go to jail for. His mistake, pay for the door. If the dude was raping someone we would still be laughing at the sword, but praising his actions.
"The DPRK is still in a state of war with the U.S. It's called a black out." - Che explaining why orbital nightime pictures of NK show few lights. Seriously.
true... true...
Had he been able to rescue a woman in distress by this action, he would have called hero
If I read correctly they confiscated the sword.
Had they also confiscated the weapon he used
if he had used a gun instead?
(after all the laws concerning firearms seem ton be somewhat lax in the USA)
Most definetly.Had they also confiscated the weapon he used
if he had used a gun instead?
"The DPRK is still in a state of war with the U.S. It's called a black out." - Che explaining why orbital nightime pictures of NK show few lights. Seriously.
QFT, but the article stated he doesn't have a phone (and presumably no gun either) so he did the only thing he could do.Originally posted by Sirotnikov
I kinda agree that the guy did a justified thing.
It owuld still have been better to call police.
The cake is NOT a lie. It's so delicious and moist.
The Weighted Companion Cube is cheating on you, that slut.
This guy is a hero
"I have been reading up on the universe and have come to the conclusion that the universe is a good thing." -- Dissident
"I never had the need to have a boner." -- Dissident
"I have never cut off my penis when I was upset over a girl." -- Dis
Originally posted by Spiffor
This guy could have been a hero
I need a foot massage
I'd assume you nab whatever is handy, be it the usual baseball bat, umbrella or that ornamental sword hanging over you fireplace.
I've allways wanted to play "Russ Meyer's Civilization"
imagine if u were the guy looking at the porno...
No, garlic crusher is far more sadisticOriginally posted by Patroklos
Of all the menacing kitchen utensils, I'd go with the meat tenderizer.
And what freaky eyes he hasActually exactly like
Yeah, the whole thing was probably a bit of a "downer."Originally posted by AAHZ
imagine if u were the guy looking at the porno...
THEY!!111 OMG WTF LOL LET DA NOMADS AND TEH S3D3NTARY PEOPLA BOTH MAEK BITER AXP3REINCES
AND TEH GRAAT SINS OF THERE [DOCTRINAL] INOVATIONS BQU3ATH3D SMAL
AND!!1!11!!! LOL JUST IN CAES A DISPUTANT CALS U 2 DISPUT3 ABOUT THEYRE CLAMES
DO NOT THAN DISPUT3 ON THEM 3XCAPT BY WAY OF AN 3XTARNAL DISPUTA!!!!11!! WTF
Its a power thing. Why do people like BDSM?Originally posted by Oerdin
I never really understood the attraction some people have to rape porn.
"I hope I get to punch you in the face one day" - MRT144, Imran Siddiqui
'I'm fairly certain that a ban on me punching you in the face is not a "right" worth respecting." - loinburger
For some of the people who like rape porn, the fantasy is not raping but being raped.
I need a foot massage
If you say so
THEY!!111 OMG WTF LOL LET DA NOMADS AND TEH S3D3NTARY PEOPLA BOTH MAEK BITER AXP3REINCES
AND TEH GRAAT SINS OF THERE [DOCTRINAL] INOVATIONS BQU3ATH3D SMAL
AND!!1!11!!! LOL JUST IN CAES A DISPUTANT CALS U 2 DISPUT3 ABOUT THEYRE CLAMES
DO NOT THAN DISPUT3 ON THEM 3XCAPT BY WAY OF AN 3XTARNAL DISPUTA!!!!11!! WTF
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