A St. Lucie county, FL., man was arrested after attacking his uncle with a toilet seat lid; as if the weapon of choice was not odd enough, Norris Troutman, 20, grabbed the lid from a window sill before hitting his 48 year old uncle in the back of the head.


Sammy Lee Johnson, the 48-year-old victim, told deputies that he had not done anything to provoke the attack. According to the Smoking Gun, the uncle told deputies he was sitting on the couch in his Fort Pierce home watching TV with his mother when Troutman ran up to him and "struck him in the back of his head with a toilet seat lid."

Johnson said that he "was unsure why Mr. Troutman was upset with him," adding that he "did nothing to provoke the attack." The man’s mother concurred that he had done nothing to prompt the assault.

Troutman was arrested and charged with aggravated battery and is being held in the county jail in lieu of $20,000 bond.