Police in Central Florida say Ricardo Marquis Davis, 35, bit his girlfriend's left thumb off and spit it on the floor of his car while he was driving her to work. (Courtesy of Palm Bay police Department)-
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PALM BAY, Florida (AP) – Police
in Florida
say a man bit off his girlfriend's left thumb during a fight while he was
driving her to work.
Florida Today reports that hospital officials called police after the woman
arrived for treatment Wednesday.
Palm Bay
police spokeswoman Yvonne Martinez says 35-year-old Ricardo Marquis Davis
confessed to biting off the thumb and spitting it onto the floorboard.
He told police they had gotten into an argument and she had pushed his head
while they were driving.
Martinez
says doctors were not able to reattach the woman's thumb. She says police
victim advocates are working to help her.
Davis is
being held in the Brevard County Jail on aggravated battery charges.
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