Woman attacks man’s face with her teeth, gets charged with attempted murder, NC cops say
A 53-year-old woman is facing a series of felony charges after she attacked a man in his car and bit off part of his nose, according to investigators in North Carolina.
The “shocking nose biting incident” happened Nov. 4 in the White Oak community of Bladen County, and it left the man disfigured, the Bladen County Sheriff’s Office said in a Nov. 20 news release. White Oak is about an 85-mile drive south from Raleigh.
A volunteer at the White Oak Fire Department called 911 to report the attack, after a man drove to the rural fire station and said he was “actively being assaulted” by a woman in the car.
That woman was identified as Sandra Leenette Davis, 53, of Fayetteville, the sheriff’s office said.
“Deputies arrived on scene and found (the) male subject with severe injuries to the head and face,” the sheriff’s office said.
“It was determined Sandra Davis was the aggressor as she had partially bitten (the) victim’s nose off as well as stabbed him multiple times with a screwdriver.”
The man was rushed to Cape Fear Valley Medical Center in Fayetteville for treatment, and staff “verified” the bites and stab wounds, the sheriff’s office said. He survived and was released days later, officials said. His identity has not been released.
Davis was also taken to a hospital “for evaluation and released with no injuries,” the sheriff’s office said.
Investigators charged her with:
- Felony attempted first-degree murder
- Felony assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury
- Felony maiming without malice
- Felony assault inflicting serious bodily injury
- Misdemeanor-assault with a deadly weapon
Davis is being held without bond at the Bladen County Detention Center in Elizabethtown, the sheriff’s office said.
This story was originally published November 21, 2024 at 10:35 AM with the headline "Woman attacks man’s face with her teeth, gets charged with attempted murder, NC cops say."