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BigRobT
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Post subject: TO THE RESCUE!!! Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2007 9:53 pm |
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Not really "gun" related, but it does involve a weapon:
Quote: Wisc. man wields sword after mistaking porn sounds for rape
OCONOMOWOC, Wis. (AP) - 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.
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The Nanny State MUST DIE!!!
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hammAR
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2007 9:57 pm |
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Joined: Fri Dec 16, 2005 7:54 pm Posts: 1941 Location: N 44°56.621` W 093°11.256 (St Paul)
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Did he carve a Z on the guys chest?
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Red XIII
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2007 10:37 pm |
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Well, maybe he'll invest in a fone once he gets outta the big house!
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matt160
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 4:51 am |
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He should have just called 911 and hid in a closet with his keys. That's if keys are legal in WI?
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Srigs
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 7:18 am |
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Calling the police is the first and most important step he missed.
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Apdl
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 10:08 am |
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Srigs wrote: Calling the police is the first and most important step he missed.
this is very very ture but at least he did not just igonore it he acted on his gut and if it really was a rape he would have made a difference but it was not and he got owned for it
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J. R.
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 10:13 am |
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Reminds me of a story...
I had a female tenant who fom time to time would bring home dates for some enthusiastic and very vocal fornication. It always sounded unerving, like she was getting the hell beat out of her. One warm evening her windows were open and the retired LEO next door surmised she was having a baby and dutifully called 911 requesting officers and EMTs...
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plblark
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 10:32 am |
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J. R. wrote: Reminds me of a story... I had a female tenant who fom time to time would bring home dates for some enthusiastic and very vocal fornication. It always sounded unerving, like she was getting the hell beat out of her. One warm evening her windows were open and the retired LEO next door surmised she was having a baby and dutifully called 911 requesting officers and EMTs...
I spit coffee over my keyboard at that one....
Are you sure he didn't intentionally surmise incorrectly?
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DeanC
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 10:34 am |
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plblark wrote: Are you sure he didn't intentionally surmise incorrectly? He was just 9 months too early methinks.
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J. R.
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 10:49 am |
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I don't know what the retired LEO was thinking, he was what I call one of the "old school" good guys. Back in the day when they lived AND served in the same neighborhood. I know for myself and others who were witness to the "noises" that it didn't sound like fun. It was (creepy) hard to listen to that and resist the urge to not go and "save" her. If I didn't know what was happening I quite possibly would have been kicking doors and kicking a55.
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A Brit in MN
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 6:03 pm |
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39 years old and living with his Mum. I think the Psych's gonna come back with repressed sexual urges on this one.
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plblark
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 8:00 am |
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One story has the tape ending at 2:30am according to the man whose door was kicked in. The kicking took place at 11:30am ... there's a bit of a discrepancy there...
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Mike
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 6:23 pm |
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It'll be fascinating to see this one wind it's way through the system. The fella offers a viable--if flawed--defense for his actions.
There are some lessons to take from this. The first being: have a solid lock/door combo. The second: Have little shame and keep the porn truned down.
It's funny in a too weird to be made up sorta way.
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CraigJS
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 10:34 pm |
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And if your going to defend someone with a weapon, be DAMNED sure the person needs to be defended!!
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