Man Accused of Biting Off His Sister’s Lip
Days after allegedly biting off his sister’s lip during an argument, a man turned himself in to Contra Costa County deputies and was charged with mayhem.
On Dec. 9, Orlando Lewis, 29, and sister Lamesha Smith, 28, got into a fight. When Lewis refused to leave Smith’s home she called 911. Smith said Lewis became enraged, grabbed her face and bit off her lower lip. Lewis told emergency dispatchers that “her lip got caught in my mouth and then she pulled back and pulled it off.”
Efforts to reattach the lip were unsuccessful, but Smith had plastic surgery and is recovering.
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