NEWBURGH, N.Y., June 20, 2008

Man Accused Of Hiding In Woman's Couch

Police: Upstate N.Y. Man Cut Hole In Couch And Hid Until Woman Sat Down

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(AP)  A 27-year-old Hudson Valley man is accused of cutting hole in a woman's couch and hiding in the carved-out space until she came home.

Police in the city of Newburgh, 55 miles north of New York City, say the 22-year-old woman sat on the couch Wednesday evening and felt a bump in the cushions. She jumped up and David Joe Limones emerged from his hiding place.

The woman was on the phone with a friend at the time because she had filed an earlier complaint against Limones and feared he might be in her apartment. Police could hear the woman screaming in the background when the neighbor called for help.

When officers arrived, they found Limones and the woman arguing on the apartment's balcony.

Limones faces burglary and other charges. He was sent to jail in lieu of $20,000 bail.


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by jezebelle4 June 21, 2008 10:42 PM EDT
The man has deep-seated issues. That''s definitely not what she had in mind when she bought a love seat, but maybe the fact that he''s in jail will cushion the blow. Maybe they''ll even give him the chair. Let me couch this in terms he''ll understand: He''s sofa king in trouble.
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by tootall10142 June 21, 2008 12:59 PM EDT
Bang! BANG!,hello 911 operator? go aheadwhat is your emergency?i shot a manhiding in my couch inside my home .op. mamn are you sure hes dead ? hold on ill check.BANG!.hello op? yes,go ahead .well im sure hes dead send some one please!
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by keithle1 June 21, 2008 10:27 AM EDT
You have no idea.
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by blackyowe June 21, 2008 6:31 AM EDT
Life just keeps getting weirder in the good old USA!
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by blackyowe June 21, 2008 6:31 AM EDT
Life just keeps getting weirder in the good old USA!
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by loneeagle57 June 21, 2008 1:33 AM EDT
What the heck is happening to our society. I wonder if any one is living in my couch? I hope she was over weight. I hoped she smoked like a chimney. and dropped that cigeratte right between the cushions. Idiots. Schmucks. For god sakes man, what is wrong with you she already called the cops once. what makes it alright to hide in a sofa? the only question is why? WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT?
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by barbaraf4 June 21, 2008 1:24 AM EDT
She should have shot him while she had the chance. The fact he was stalking her and had broken into her home would have justified it. Now she will have to spend the rest of her life wondering if he is in or out of jail.
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by smurfcrusher June 21, 2008 12:51 AM EDT
I''ve heard of cats hiding in the couch, but this is ridiculous!
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by keithle1 June 20, 2008 11:25 PM EDT
Good idea. What does the woman look like? Is she hawt?
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by shoebox119 June 20, 2008 11:09 PM EDT
Maybe the poor guy has a facesitting fetish, lol.
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by sociald63 June 20, 2008 9:07 PM EDT
just wondering - is she a heavy person?? nuff said...
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by wooleywews June 20, 2008 8:13 PM EDT
How insensitive! Even idiots need a place to hide and get away from the stress of life. I wonder when she sat down did he shoot out like the toothpaste when squeezed to hard?

What has happened to people between the ages of ten and thirty? I''''''''m sick and tired about reading news stories about idiots and stupid morons. This is what comes of an over-indulgent society and parenting mentality that thinks their offspring are special. Let''''''''s re-institute corporal punishment in the home and school and bring back ridiculing and humiliating these types and not accept such sub-human behavior and actions.

Posted by Credibility2 at 01:27 PM : Jun 20, 2008


Amen to that.
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by rwsmith29456 June 20, 2008 4:39 PM EDT
I thot it said "crotch".
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by credibility2 June 20, 2008 4:27 PM EDT
What has happened to people between the ages of ten and thirty? I''m sick and tired about reading news stories about idiots and stupid morons. This is what comes of an over-indulgent society and parenting mentality that thinks their offspring are special. Let''s re-institute corporal punishment in the home and school and bring back ridiculing and humiliating these types and not accept such sub-human behavior and actions.
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by martin9p2 June 20, 2008 4:22 PM EDT
What was he thinking? ... that she would sit on him and suddenly fall in love with him because of the surprise?
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by mechanikat June 20, 2008 3:44 PM EDT
she''s lucky?!! my little girl would have shot him!!
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by deacon20081 June 20, 2008 3:43 PM EDT
Another Winner of the Darwin Award!
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by sociald63 June 20, 2008 3:32 PM EDT
she''s lucky (or maybe he''s lucky) that she didnt sit on his w-a-cker
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by questionnews June 20, 2008 3:13 PM EDT
He should be grateful it wasn''t Rosie O''Donnell''s couch. He''d be dead if she sat on it.
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by dmorg4c June 20, 2008 2:59 PM EDT
All jokes aside im sure the poor girl is scared half to death she is lucky he didnt kill her or something criminals get desperate if they are about to get caught
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