A 49 year-old man just narrowly avoided going to jail after an unorthodox attempt to get revenge on an ex-friend he says stiffed him. And apparently it was all over a set of tools the man says the other man wouldn't return. It involves explosive crap. Literally.

Police says the poopbomber put the device on his friend's Camero April 16. According to a probable-cause affidavit, "it exploded with such force that it sounded like an M80 going off and the dog scat was blown out of the toolbox". 

When asked why he did it, he told a judge that he wanted to hurt the other man's ego and get his tools back. He was sentenced to three years probation Tuesday.

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