The Story was Hard to Swallow
The news flashed around the world. According to the story, a woman in Blue Springs, Mo., was in an argument with her boyfriend and, to keep him from grabbing her cell phone, she supposedly swallowed it. The boyfriend called 911 because she was choking. Case closed, police said — until the victim woke up from surgery and got to tell her side of the story. “It appears she didn’t voluntarily swallow this phone,” a police spokesman said. “It’s not quite the way it was first portrayed” by the boyfriend. Marlon Brando Gill, 23, who has a history of battery, has now been charged with felony assault in the case. Melinda Abell, 24, is expected to recover, and has requested a restraining order to keep Gill away from her. (Kansas City Star) ...And hey: don’t try to call her, either.
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