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Join Telegram ChannelA Milwaukee man accused of biting off the tip of a person's finger at a wedding in 2023 pleaded no contest this week to charges of disorderly conduct and battery, according to reports.
FOX 6 in Milwaukee reported that Nathan Landsee of Milwaukee pleaded no contest to the charges Monday, before the court found him guilty on both counts.
Court documents obtained by the Post show that on October 27, 2023, police were dispatched to the Club du Lac La Belle, a wedding venue in the town of Oconomowoc, after receiving reports that “someone was was bitten off the tip of the finger.
Once officers arrived, officers located Landsee, who “was sitting on a couch with blood on his sleeve, which did not appear to be from him. There was also blood on the floor between the lobby and the ballroom… ” the police wrote in the press release. criminal complaint. “There were several people left inside the room who appeared to have been disturbed by this incident, some of whom were crying.”
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Nathan Landsee pleaded no contest to biting a person's finger at a wedding in October 2023. (Waukesha County)
Investigators learned from a witness that there had been two incidents. The first incident occurred when Landsee “inappropriately touched another guest,” the complaint states.
Others at the wedding became angry with Landsee, who became agitated and began yelling.
He was then taken to a room adjacent to the main ballroom. The complaint said the bride and groom tried to calm the accused, which led to the second incident.
Shortly afterward, the station reported, Landsee became disorderly and began screaming again. Another witness told investigators that Landsee's behavior led people to ask her to leave the marriage. But this made him even more agitated and he continued to cause a big ruckus.
Police responded to a wedding venue in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, on Oct. 27, 2023, after receiving reports that someone had their fingertip bitten off, according to police. (iStock)
The first witness who spoke to investigators said he told Landsee that if he didn't leave within five minutes, the police would be called.
Landsee then allegedly “started lunging at him and tried to hit him.”
A fight broke out and when three other people tackled Landsee to the ground, he “bit off the tip of someone’s finger,” according to the complaint.
“The victim’s injuries are significant,” noted an intervening sergeant. “It appeared that about half an inch of the finger had been bitten off. The bone inside the finger appeared to be exposed.”
A Wisconsin court found a man guilty of battery and disorderly conduct after he pleaded no contest to biting the tip of someone's finger at a wedding on October 27, 2023. (iStock)
The sergeant added that the fingertip had been put in a cup of ice.
Landsee reportedly cooperated with investigators, who said he appeared “highly intoxicated.”
Police wrote that Landsee said “he didn't know what happened, but everyone was grabbing him and someone put their hand in his mouth, so he bit him “.
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The victim told police on October 29, 2023, that the injury to her finger required 18 or 19 stitches as the surgeon attempted to reattach the tip of her finger. If the operation was not successful, the victim told police, she would suffer a deformity for the rest of her life.
Landsee is scheduled to be sentenced Dec. 13.