Cell phone saves man from bullet, and more

last updated 8 January 2015

Cell phone saves man from bullet

A New York man survived a point-blank gunshot after the bullet was deflected by his cell phone, says the New York Daily News. Apartment-building repairman Juan Camarena, 53, got in an argument with a former supervisor—who was furious that he’d been fired—and the man put his gun in his stomach and pulled the trigger. “Both my cell phone and belt buckle were in pieces, but the bullet did not go in,” said Camarena. “I can’t explain it. It’s about divinity.”

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When dog poop is a dangerous weapon

A Massachusetts woman has been arrested for throwing a bag of dog feces at a speeding car. The woman, who has not been named, says she was out walking her dog when she saw a car going too fast down a quiet road. She hurled the bag of dog poop she was carrying to chastise the driver, but it went through his open window and “splattered across his face,” police said. She was charged with assault with a dangerous weapon. A police spokesman said that “people need to control their immediate impulse to take action in a situation like this.”