A Mississippi man has been arrested two days after he fled a scene the place he bit off one other man's nostril, authorities stated. Bay St. Louis Police stated that 51-year-old Mark Curtis Wells of Biloxi was arrested on Wednesday.
Police stated they responded to the assault shortly after 9:30 p.m. on the Hollywood On line casino Gulf Coast parking zone. There, Police Chief J. Toby Schwartz stated officers discovered the unnamed sufferer with a "disfiguring facial damage" after Wells had "bit the nostril off." In keeping with police, the incident occurred after the 2 males bought into an argument about an earlier golf sport on the Bridges Golf Membership, situated only a strolling distance away.
"The argument continued all through the day amongst a number of of the golf members till it culminated within the on line casino parking zone," police stated. "Mark Wells fled the scene in a darkish coloured Tesla."
Wells was arrested on Wednesday and has been charged with felony mayhem. In keeping with Biloxi newspaper The Solar Herald, Wells was booked simply earlier than midnight and launched lower than an hour later. He had a $50,000 bond, the paper stated after reviewing reserving data.
If discovered responsible, Wells might be sentenced as much as seven years in jail. Police stated that the investigation is ongoing.