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Assault Charge Filed In Cell Phone Swallowing
Phone Was Lodged In Woman's Throat
POSTED: 4:44 pm CST December 27,
2005
UPDATED: 5:48 pm CST December 27,
2005
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A 23-year-old man was charged in connection with a woman who was assaulted with a cell phone.Marlon B. Gill was charged with first-degree assault.Early Friday morning, Melinda Abell was taken to a Blue Springs hospital when she had trouble breathing. Doctors operated to remove a cell phone that was lodged in her throat.
Abell told officers that Gill, her ex-boyfriend, had forced her into a car and demanded to see her cell phone. They were stopped in a parking lot on Highway 40, and Abell said Gill grabbed her by the mouth, held it open and shoved the phone down her throat.Gill is not in custody. He is 5 feet 9 inches and 180 pounds. Anyone with information on his whereabouts is asked to call the TIPS Hotline at (816) 474-8477.Abell remains in a hospital, but officials said her condition is improving.
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Previous Stories:
- December 26, 2005: Cell Phone Swallowing May Have Been Assault
- December 23, 2005: Phone Gets Stuck In Woman's Throat
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