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David Paleg · Post by **David Paleg** » Sat Jun 23, 2007 3:56 am

Man's Nose Partially Bitten Off in Fight

Jun 22, 4:47 PM (ET)

MOUNDSVILLE, W.Va. (AP) - It took a taser gun to subdue a man accused of biting off part of a man's nose and attempting to gouge out his eyeball during a bar fight. Plastic surgeons grafted skin to repair Edgar D. Hellar's nose, according to the Marshall County Sheriff's Department.

Hellar's cornea also was scratched when his attacker tried to stick a finger behind Hellar's eye during the fight at the Travelers bar in Marshall County.

The Marshall County Sheriff's Department charged Michael Brant Tustin, 34, of Cameron, with felony malicious assault on Tuesday.

Deputy J.A. Matthews said that when he arrived at the bar last week, he saw a man on top of Hellar beating him. After ordering the attacker to stop Matthews said he used a taser gun to force him to comply.

No hearing date has been set, according to the magistrate clerk's office.

weaver · Post by **weaver** » Sat Jun 23, 2007 3:20 pm

Stuff like this is why the rest of the state shouldn't overlook the Northern Panhandle, dadgummit.

Dave Allen · Post by **Dave Allen** » Sat Jun 23, 2007 3:43 pm

What, you mean stuff like this happens NORTH of Charleston?

DAMN, who knew?

genlock · Post by **genlock** » Sat Jun 23, 2007 7:33 pm

I remember when a political hack in Logan bit the nose off a US Marshall or something. He went to prison. Don't mess with G-men.