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Thursday, February 22, 2007

OMG.... if your bored here's an amusing newspaper clipping from today

Ok if your bored you've got to read this.................
Me and my friend were at lunch today and got a read kick out of it. I kinda feel sorry for the guy.


Man breaks into apartment after mistaking porn screams for rape
Associated Press

OCONOMOWOC, Wis. -- 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.
"Now I feel stupid," said James Van Iveren, who has been charged in the case. "This really is nothing, nothing but a mistake."
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.
"Where is she?" Van Iveren demanded, thrusting the sword at the neighbor, the complaint said. "Where is she?"
The neighbor told police that 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.
The neighbor later played for police the part of the DVD he believed Van Iveren heard downstairs.
Van Iveren, 39, 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.
Contesting his neighbor's account, Van Iveren said that he didn't look anywhere in the apartment except the front room and that he never threatened the neighbor with the sword.
"I had the sword extended. But that was all," he said, adding that he did not call police when he heard the noises because he does not have a telephone.



I honestly do not feel he should be charged with anything. They should just repair the damages and move on.
What do you think?

2 comments:

sela said...

Ha ha ha! I love that he used a sword!!! They should totally drop the charges though..if that'd been real would they want him to just ignore it? I think not!

alli-gal said...

I think it's funny he used a sword too!! But I think he should be forgiven. He was just being a good Samaritan!!!