BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss. (AP) — An argument between two men over a golf game led one golfer to bite the nose off the other in the parking lot of a casino, police said.
Mark Wells, 51, of Biloxi initially fled the scene in a Tesla before turning himself in, Bay St. Louis Police Chief Toby Schwartz said in a news release.
The nose was not found as the victim was taken to a hospital, WXXV-TV reported .
Officers responding to a complaint of an assault at the Hollywood Casino Monday night arrived to find a victim with a disfiguring facial injury, the statement said. “The investigation determined that suspect, Mark Curtis Wells, bit the nose off of the victim,” Schwartz said.
Officers were told that Wells and the victim had been arguing throughout the day over a golf game they played at the resort’s course.
Wells was charged with felony mayhem and booked on into the Hancock County jail, where he paid the required 10% of a $50,000 bond himself and walked out within the hour, WXXV reported.
According to the Biloxi Sun Herald, Wells faces up to seven years in prison if convicted of the felony, which state law defines as a premeditated “crime committed with the intent to kill in which the suspect mutilates, disfigures, disables, or destroys someone’s tongue, eye, lip, nose, limb or another body part.”
An official at the jail wouldn’t say whether Wells has a lawyer who could comment on his behalf.
ewhit276 on December 2nd, 2022 at 02:16 UTC »
Kind of a power move to call one of them “golfer” and then other “man,” even though they played together. Got his nose bitten off and they didn’t even respect his game.
Blasket_Basket on December 2nd, 2022 at 02:14 UTC »
Now there's a guy that has what it takes to be the CFO of Beyond Meats
not_a_total_dick on December 2nd, 2022 at 01:56 UTC »
I immediately thought Florida, of course it's FLA the home of past face biting episodes. But no, Mississippi! What a pleasant surprise