Las Vegas Man Arrested for Using Toilet Bowl Lid in Threatening Matter

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Life just got unbelievably shitty for Ronald Hetzel, though it was his own doing. The 41-year-old was arrested for attempted murder in Las Vegas after breaking into a neighbor's home through a window and clocking him over the head with a wooden guitar and porcelain toilet bowl lid during an argument. 

Police responded to complaints about a man throwing objects in his house. Upon arrival, they discovered Hetzel sitting on the curb, shirtless and screaming incoherently. Officers were forced to restrain him when calming him failed. Hetzel then hopped fence into a neighbor's yard and broke a window to enter the home.

A man inside the says Hetzel attacked him with his awkward weapons of choice. He also says that Hetzel attempted to strangle him during the fight. Police finally took Hetzel down about 20 minutes later with the help of a police dog. He was was arrested for suspicion of home invasion, burglary, attempted murder and battery with a deadly weapon.

The man was taken to a local hospital and treated for multiple bruises and a large laceration above his eye. What type of horrendous day was Hetzel having to spark such random acts of violence?

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[via The Huffington Post]

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