Springfield man gets 90 days for shooting wife during sex

[JonLP24]

Wife insists the incident was accidental

URBANA — A Springfield man was sentenced to serve 90 days in jail Tuesday, May 12, despite the victim’s claims that a shooting last November was accidental.

Timothy Havens, 38, of Hilliard Street, was sentenced to serve the time in a case in which he was accused of shooting his wife with a handgun. He had called 911 to report that he shot his wife “during sex.”

Champaign County Common Pleas Court Judge Roger Wilson also ordered Havens to serve 80 hours of community service, attend anger management counseling, pay a $300 fine and serve three years probation. He was also ordered not to have contact with the victim. He did receive credit for time already served.

Havens had previously pleaded guilty to one count of violating a protection order and one count of assault.

Champaign County Prosecutor Nick Selvaggio said the case was complicated, in part because the victim maintained that the shooting was an accident throughout the investigation.
http://www.springfieldnewssun.com/news/springfield-news/springfield-man-gets-90-days-for-shooting-wife-during-sex-116539.html

[Droopy]

1. I'm guessing that woman has been injured falling down the stairs several times.

[sarge43]

2. Slipped in shower. n/t

[SoCalDem]

3. Apparently it really was a gun in his pocket, and he may not have been happy to see her

:)

[Orrex]

18. He was going to use his sawed-off shotgun, but he was afraid she'd make a circumcision joke

[Blue_Tires]

4. Tackleberry?

[SoxFan]

5. ?

[peekaloo]

6. Shoot Brandine, ya axed me to finish ya off! what's the dang deal?

[SoxFan]

7. +10

[Coventina]

8. You win this thread!

Even though my first thought was the one-armed guy who has the military surplus store.

On edit: Isn't the one-armed man's name Herman? Can any Springfieldians confirm this for me? (It's bugging me now)

[petronius]

9. Yep, that's Herman. Brilliant, brilliant fellow...

:)

[NJmaverick]

10. I'm struggling to figue out exactly how such an accident could occur

Not coming up with many realistic scenerios.

[Chan790]

11. Danger-play is a common element of the sex lives of a lot of people.

I mean having a loaded gun pointed at me during coitus is not my idea of kink, but perhaps it works for them.

Once again: Safe, Sane and Consensual. This clearly violates the 1st two and possibly the 3rd. Some people get off on violating those taboos as well.

[NJmaverick]

14. I gues it doesn't work if the gun is unloaded?

[Chan790]

15. Not really...

it's the danger rather than the role-play that danger-players get off on. How dangerous is the unloaded gun? Not very. It might work if she's the one with the danger-kink and she didn't know if the gun was loaded.

[Strong Atheist]

12. .

:wtf:

[rug]

13. The gun is being treated for premature ejaculation.

[DemBones DemBones]

21. +1

[DS1]

16. Well he was a Springfield after all.

He shoots leaded.

[Orrex]

17. That seems like a pretty light sentence for shooting someone

Perhaps Havens is secretly a Vice President?

[scheming daemons]

19. Depends.. was she having sex with someone else or him?

[timtom]

20. So, he shoulda waited till AFTER sex?

[old mark]

22. Was it good for you? nt

[Haole Girl]

23. Wonder if it was role playing, or just the husband being a jackass

:shrug:

[Deja Q]

24. Not quite the orgasm either of them was expecting...

[Deep13]

25. Here's how I can see it happening as an accident.

For whatever reason, the guy wears a pistol on his belt with a round in the chamber. Maybe it is a 1911 type he keeps "cocked and locked" which would be a light trigger if somehow the safety was undone.

Suppose genius drops his pants only a little, but leaves them on with the belt and the gun attached to it. Well, they're going at it, somehow the safety is disengaged and POW.


Just a guess.

[Bossy Monkey]

26. On the whole, "Fire!" was a poor choice for a safety word n/t