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Thursday, March 16, 2006

Dean Bites Man

Never get between a drunk and his car.

A good Samaritan learned this lesson the hard way the other day when he tried to keep a sloshed school of ed dean from getting back behind the wheel:


EVANSVILLE, Ind. --Police charged a university official after he allegedly bit a man in the calf when the man stopped to help him after a car accident.

Robert E. Mays, 64, an associate dean at the University of Southern Indiana, was charged with battery and operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. He was released from Vanderburgh County jail on a $100 bond.


…Mays was driving on U.S. 41 in northern Evansville Tuesday night when he hit a vehicle in front of him, according to police reports. No one was injured in the wreck.

A passer-by who stopped to check on Mays tried to stop him from returning to his car.

Mays then bent down and bit the man's calf, leaving a bruise and teeth marks, police said.

Police said Mays refused to take a breath test.


from boston.com
Posted at: 3/16/2006 01:18:00 AM