James Van Iveren is facing charges in connection to damages conflicted to property during an attempted rescue of a rape victim (he thought). The rape victim did not exist, Van Iveren mistook screams from a porn movie in his neighbor’s apartment as screams coming from a woman being raped.
OCONOMOWOC, Wisconsin (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 February 12, damaging the frame and lock.
“Where is she?” Van Iveren demanded, thrusting the sword at the neighbor, the complaint said. “Where is she?
Van Iveren stated he did not have a phone to call the police so took matters into his own hands.
The story reminded us of the mysterious Samurai man who helped unarmed UK police fight off dangerous criminals in a similar incident in the
That story ended on a positive note indeed, this one didn’t. As the saying goes: “Do you know what ‘thought’ made a man do?” The saying illustrates what trouble one can find oneself in if ‘thought’ and not ‘fact’ were involved in the actions of a person and is quite hilarious when you think about it. We think this case is a perfect illustration of this saying.
