KILN, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi man is accused of biting off a piece of another man’s ear during a fight and bragging about it on Twitter.
The Sun Herald reports Hancock County sheriff’s deputies say 21-year-old Michael Cuevas was arrested recently on an aggravated assault charge.
Authorities began investigating after a man went to a hospital Sept. 25 with part of his ear missing and underwent surgery. Sheriff’s investigator Gary Hudgens says the victim told deputies a man bit his ear during a fight at a bar in Kiln.
During their investigation, detectives discovered someone had posted a tweet, bragging about biting a man’s ear off during a fight. Detectives traced the tweet to Cuevas, who was identified in a lineup.
- Posted November 07, 2016
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Deputy: Suspect bit off part of man's ear, tweeted about it
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