On October 3rd, 2024 in Ashland, Wisconsin, officers are dispatched to a home for a reported sexual assault. The suspect inside the home, 30-year-old Thane Pelton, has been accused of repeated and ongoing sexual offenses. Officers attempt to speak with him in his home about the accusations. >> Theriff's office. Z. >> Hey, where's your dad? >> We need to talk to you. >> Can you come here? You need to come here. We need to talk to you. >> You want to go talk to your mom? >> You want to go talk to your mom? >> Can you Hey, what's your name? >> Okay, we need to talk to you. >> Get out of the car. >> Can you come talk to me, please? >> Shut the [ __ ] door right now. >> Can you Can you Can you give me your hand? >> Can you go talk to your mom? >> Let's go talk to your mom. >> Jane, I need to talk to you about what happened. and get out of my house before I >> can go talk to your mom. >> I need to talk to you. >> I'm not going to leave until I get a chance to talk to you. >> Come on, let's go talk to your mom. >> Get the out of my house. >> Turn off. >> GET OUT OF MY HOUSE. >> Get out of THE ASSAULT. >> TURN HER OFF. I DIDN'T TOUCH YOU. I SAID GET THE OFF. GET I'M NAKED. YOU STUPID. >> GET THE OUT OF MY [ __ ] HOUSE. >> TURN AROUND. >> GET OUT. COME ON. Get up. You ain't touching me. >> YOU AIN'T TOUCHING ME. >> GET THE YOU AIN'T [ __ ] DOING KNOCK IT OFF. >> DROP IT. YOU WILL BE TASED. >> GET GET THE OUT OF MY HOUSE. >> TURN AROUND. NO, CUZ I'M NOT DOING ANYTHING WRONG. >> TURN AROUND. STEP OVER THERE. >> NAKED. >> YEAH, I SEE THAT. TURN AROUND. >> Turn around. You >> broke into my home. >> Turn around. You want to do this IN FRONT OF >> YOU CANNOT DO THAT. >> TURN AROUND. >> TURN AROUND. >> YOU CANNOT. >> WELL, WE HAVE special circumstances right now. >> You cannot break it. >> Turn around. Neither is going to step forward and grab your arm. If you do anything, I'm going to tase you. >> DON'T TOUCH ME. >> I'm going to tase you. >> NO ONE TOUCH ME. >> YOU have to have a court order. >> TURN AROUND. MEGAN, CALL MY DAD RIGHT NOW. >> 676 673. Go ahead and step it up. [crying and screaming] >> Turn around. Go ahead and turn around. >> You don't have a court. I am naked. >> I SEE THAT. >> THAT'S ASSAULT. >> Turn around. >> Turn around. Turn around. >> There's a of a police officer in my house. >> YOU CANNOT IN my house without a court order. >> We just came in to talk to. We need to MAKE SURE THE >> HE'S GRABBING ME RIGHT AWAY. HOW DO YOU HOW DO YOU THINK I feel if I'm naked? He's grabbing me in my own [ __ ] house. >> We ask you to come to the door. All right. All right. >> You do not HAVE A COURT ORDER. YOU CANNOT COME IN MY HOUSE WITHOUT PERMISSION. >> OKAY. >> Broken enter. >> Will you let Will you let Will you let us Will you let the kids go to their mom? >> No. >> Okay. [screaming and crying] >> You broke into my >> We did not break into your house. >> You're thinking about it, aren't you? >> Nope. Nope. >> YOU CAN'T. HEY. I WILL ASS. >> QUICK, YOU CAN'T DO THAT. Stop touching me. >> You stop. STOP. [screaming] >> Where are you? >> I'm naked. again. There's no way to do that. NOPE. >> I don't have a good grip anymore. >> Stop resisting. Stop. >> Please. 600. Step it up. Step it up. STEP UP. YOU'RE CONFIDENT. >> Stop resisting. >> You're a weak little man, are you? You be your wife. >> You're a white [ __ ] >> You failed the second. >> You did. >> You failed the second. >> Let's go. >> NO. >> NO. >> YOU just punched me. >> You elbowed ME IN THE FACE. >> STOP. >> YOU elbowed me in the face. >> They're punching me. Get mom. >> Let go me. >> Nope. >> Let go me. Go. >> You can't do that. >> He's choking everything. Spray him. Spray him. Spray him. >> Megan, they're punching me. You choked my partner. >> Megan. MEGAN, >> stop it. >> MEGAN. Hey 409, >> STOP. >> PLEASE. [snorts] STOP. PLEASE STOP. [screaming] >> Please stop. >> You get off my back. Touch me like that. >> I only got one arm. I guess >> I got one. >> Let me get up. I'm [ __ ] naked. You me. Nobody's relax. >> Stop resisting. 676. One subject in the background. We still need assistance. >> JUST STOP KICKING ME. STOP. YOU'RE REALLY KICKING. MEGAN [screaming] >> SAYING you need to cooperate right now. >> Stop kicking me. >> YOU'RE a punching me. I'm kicking my partner. >> MEGAN. Megan now. >> MEGAN, >> STOP, PLEASE. >> I got dirt on you. >> You smoke weed at home, don't you? >> Yeah. >> And you beat your wife. >> No. >> And you failed the gun test, didn't you? >> You're No. There's >> someone else in here. TELL me what the going on. >> Stop resisting the hair out of my ass. You tell me what's going on. Stop. >> YOU STUPID. LET ME GET CLAWS ON. ARE YOU DICK IN THE HEAD? >> Are you going to STOP RESISTING? Let me out. >> Head, you dumbass. Stop resisting. [laughter] >> You get the I'm not >> STOP RESISTING. >> STOP. >> STOP. I'm not your mom. >> Let me sit the [ __ ] on. You stupid sucker. I'm a doing anything wrong. >> You need to listen to us. >> No. >> You need to listen TO US. >> GET OUT. >> You need to listen to us. >> Let me breathe. You stupid. >> NOW BREATHE THIS. >> CALL 911. You have to let me get ready. You cannot arrest me. >> Stop. Stop. Take a breath. You need to relax and do as you're told. >> Are youing stupid? Do you know who you're arresting? I'm the president, you idiots. Pick me up. They're hurting me. I'm naked. >> Just catch your breath. >> No, I don't need a breath. You [ __ ] narcissist. Go shoot someone else in your target practice. >> We just go grab a blanket or something. >> You f relax. THEN GET THE OFF OF ME, you >> not till you relax. >> Is that a blanket or >> That's a big one. >> You ain't wrapping me up. >> We're going to cover you. >> No, you're not. You're going to let me stand. Just please let me [ __ ] stand up. I'LL GIVE YOU WHAT YOU WANT IF you let me stand. Okay, you're [ __ ] Get the off me. >> Just relax. Just keep laying down there. Let's just let me side. All right, we're going to move you on your side. There you go. >> No, I want to be standing. I'm not going to touch you. I'm not You're not What the are you doing? You What the is your bad name? >> Just chill. Relax. >> Just let ME THE [ __ ] UP. >> CAN'T do that right now, man. >> Can't do that right now. >> Yes, you can. >> I can't do it. Relax. >> Okay. Leg goes on. >> Okay, we're going to have you stand up. >> Yeah. No, you stupid >> Put your feet under you. >> Let me stand, you idiot. >> We are under your POWER. PICK ME UP. I CAN'T DO THAT. >> PUT YOUR FEET UNDERNEATH. >> JUST PICK ME THE UP, YOU STUPID BASTARD. >> Apply weight to your feet and stand up. There you go. >> What are you [ __ ] looking at? You fail your [ __ ] test, big tough sheriff. Let me get my boxers on, you stupid. >> No. No. >> Then let me [ __ ] put the boxers on. Let's go. >> Put the boxers on. Let's go. Not. Let me get some box. >> We got the blanket. >> Put me in there naked. >> Yeah, that's why we grabbed a blanket for you. >> What are you doing, Magguire? >> You've already tried to kick me a couple times. We're not. Just let me get the boxers on. >> Okay, that's why we grabbed your blanket. >> No, I don't want the blanket. >> Get in there. Go on. Let's go. What did I do wrong? Move your foot. Move your foot. >> Prior to the incident, someone close to the suspect reported to police that the suspect was hallucinating, doing drugs, schizophrenic, and had recently [music] The victim was able to escape from the house with one of the children. The children were removed from the house and placed with relatives due to concerns for their safety. Following the body cam footage, Thane was charged with felony secondderee sexual assault, felony false imprisonment, strangulation, and suffocation, resisting, obstructing, [music] and disorderly conduct. On October 14th, 2025, a year after the incident, Thne was convicted on all charges except strangulation and suffocation. He is yet [music] to be sentenced. However, depending on plea deals and concurrent versus consecutive sentencing, he could be sentenced to 5 to 40 years in prison. Every 68 seconds, someone in the United States is S8. And one out of every six American women has been the victim of an attempted or completed essay. That's not rare and it's not distant. That's happening in regular neighborhoods behind regular doors and sometimes officers are the ones who have to walk straight into the aftermath. This wasn't a calm conversation that got out of hand either. This was a suspect already choosing his ending the moment those cops showed up. Some people think if they stay defiant and combative, reality would change for them. But it doesn't. It just adds more problems. And his actions towards the cops may not prove his guilt, but it did make him look more suspicious. When someone refuses every chance to settle down, the atmosphere in the room or space always changes. Trust me, everyone in that room feels it, especially the ones too young to even understand why their stomach just dropped. Police weren't there for a noise complaint or some petty argument either. They were there because someone inside that home said a line had been crossed that should never be crossed, especially where trust is supposed to be. That kind of accusation doesn't just bring handcuffs to a door. It brings consequences. And whether he fights it or not, the truth has a way of always surfacing. Because you can argue with officers, you can resist arrest, but you can't run from the kind of allegation that turns a home into a crime scene in people's memories.