Keep the volume on the porn down

[Dro_Princess]

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 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, 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.

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.

"I intended to hold it behind my back and knock. But I froze and instead, what happened happened," he told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

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.

"I had the sword extended. But that was all," he said.

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.

Police seized Van Iveren's sword, which he said was a family heirloom.



Poor guy thought a woman was being raped and went to save her. I dont think he should be charged at all. To me that puts out the message to mind your business even if you think someone is being raped. If a woman was being raped he would have been see as a brave hero, and given a key to the city. He was just trying to do the right thing.

Dro_Princess Reviewed by Dro_Princess on 02-22-2007. Keep the volume on the porn down 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 Rating: 5

[Dro_Princess]

Damn I misspelled porn in the title.

[Sir Bliss]

Hahaha. That's weird.

I don't think that guy should get charged...he was trying to save someone I guess...I don't know. This is just bizarre. And seriously, like the thread title says, keep the damn volume down. If it's that damn loud that you can hear it from a different apartment, well, then we've got a problem.

[benagain]

Poor Guy. Tries to do the right thing and gets hit with charges. They should charge the porn guy with noise polution or something.

Oh and you almost had a right spelling if it had been Pr0n. or P0rn.
You never know, it could have been some pr0n he downloaded off of IRC

[napolitana869]

yeah i dont think he should get in trouble either. I mean what if a woman really was being raped and he didnt do anything.

[Psycho4Bud]

Damn I misspelled porn in the title.

Fixed.........saw that on the news. ONLY in my fine state would this happen. LOL

Have a good one!:jointsmile:

[microwavechips]

haha thats better than anything a movie could come up with

[Sir Bliss]

Fixed.........saw that on the news. ONLY in my fine state would this happen. LOL

Have a good one!:jointsmile:

Yes! WI tokers unite!

Good ol' Oconomowoc.

[gee]

im thinking the opposite of you guys.

pretend u are at home watchin the same porn dvd, and some asshole invade urs property, breaks ur fucking door and acts agressive at you, IN YOUR OWN home when your doing nothing wrong.

so fuck this guy i hope the judge slaps on a couple more charges and this break and enterer gets sued for his family's worth.

[orangeman]

LOL!!!!!!!!!! This is the funniest shit ever!! LOL! HE had volume up too high and the guy broke in thinking a girl was gettin raped LOL!! Wow that should go down in history.