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Man accused of shoving phone down (girlfriend's) throat (now at trial)
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| 7/26/06
Posted on 07/26/2006 7:57:01 AM PDT by martin_fierro
Man accused of shoving phone down throat
2 hours, 56 minutes ago
INDEPENDENCE, Mo. - The assault trial of a man accused of shoving a cell phone down a woman's throat has begun.
Prosecutors say 24-year-old Marlon Brando Gill was angry and jealous when he forced the phone into Melinda Abell's throat in December. But defense attorneys insist the 25-year-old victim swallowed the phone intentionally to prevent Gill from finding out who she'd been calling.
Gill is charged with felony first-degree assault.
A doctor at a Kansas City hospital's emergency room used a tool called a "pincher" to remove the phone from Abell's throat.
She testified yesterday that she couldn't remember how the phone got in her throat, saying she drank too much that night. Court records show that her blood alcohol content was three times the legal limit.
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KEYWORDS: abelltelephone; apocallypsenow; canyouhearmenow; cellphonenameddesire; darkshearesfault; gulp; guysandcalls; marlonbrandogill; stuffed2thegills; uglyamericans
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To: BubbaJunebug
To: martin_fierro
Prosecutors say 24-year-old Marlon Brando Gill was angry and jealous when he forced the phone into Melinda Abell's throat Did he use some butter?
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posted on
07/26/2006 7:59:43 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: martin_fierro
This story is a bit hard to swallow. I'd hate to be on the jury - it would be such a tough call.
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posted on
07/26/2006 8:00:03 AM PDT
by
Hegemony Cricket
(Rugged individualists of the world, unite!)
To: martin_fierro
The female of the story.
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posted on
07/26/2006 8:00:18 AM PDT
by
r9etb
To: martin_fierro
But defense attorneys insist the 25-year-old victim swallowed the phone intentionally...Stella!
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posted on
07/26/2006 8:00:41 AM PDT
by
Petronski
(Living His life abundantly.)
To: All
To: Hegemony Cricket
However, if it was a camera phone - she prolly got a free upper GI out of it...
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posted on
07/26/2006 8:01:23 AM PDT
by
Hegemony Cricket
(Rugged individualists of the world, unite!)
To: martin_fierro
Wow.
Talk about dropping a call.
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posted on
07/26/2006 8:01:25 AM PDT
by
Tenacious 1
(War Monger...In the name of liberty, let's go to war!!!!)
To: martin_fierro
If she can get a cell phone down her throat, I'll bet she was popular in high school.
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posted on
07/26/2006 8:01:36 AM PDT
by
CholeraJoe
(All Marines can throw a grenade. The really, really good ones can throw a slider with one.)
To: CholeraJoe
To: martin_fierro
To: Tijeras_Slim; Constitution Day; Toby06; mikrofon
To: martin_fierro
This story is really hard to stomach.
To: martin_fierro
"Hello, Melinda, is that you? You really sound a little 'down in the mouth'."
To: martin_fierro
With a BA level three times the legal limit, that have been one hell of an interesting phone conversation she was having!
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posted on
07/26/2006 8:23:42 AM PDT
by
blau993
To: martin_fierro
A doctor at a Kansas City hospital's emergency room used a tool called a "pincher" to remove the phone from Abell's throat.
So she didn't swallow. That would have been impressive.
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posted on
07/26/2006 8:30:02 AM PDT
by
BJClinton
(What happens on Free Republic, stays on Google.)
To: BJClinton
So she didn't swallow.BJClinton.
LOL, of all the people to make that reply!!!!
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posted on
07/26/2006 8:34:52 AM PDT
by
Arrowhead1952
(The media and the democrats are the biggest supporters of the terrorists.)
To: CholeraJoe
"If she can get a cell phone down her throat, I'll bet she was popular in high school."THAT'S not a cell phone. This HERE'S a cell phone.
She gets that down her throat ... now we're talking.
To: martin_fierro; Slings and Arrows; Xenalyte
(Quietly walking away from thread for now)
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posted on
07/26/2006 9:18:21 AM PDT
by
sully777
(You have flies in your eyes--Catch-22)
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