Taking a Bite Out of Crime

Man who bit cop's finger guilty of assault
By Dave Dale/QMI Agency

A Moosonee, Ont., man was found guilty Thursday of three counts of assault - including a bone-breaking bite to a city police officer’s finger that didn’t stop until the suspect was stunned with a Taser.

The charges stemmed from an after-bar house party gone wrong in the early morning hours of June 25, 2011.

Court heard Carl Harrison, 33, was “very, very drunk” when he attacked a woman after she told him to leave her home. He bit another man in the arm, belly and inner thigh as the second victim tried to help the woman.

Trevor Goulais, who had come to Tracey Southwind’s aid that night, testified he tried to pull Harrison off a woman, and that’s when Harrison chomped down on his left bicep.

Goulais said he started hitting Harrison in the head, but Harrison grabbed him around the waist with a “bear-hug-like” grip.

That’s when he was bitten in the belly, Goulais told the court, and when a friend tried to pull the man off him, Harrison grabbed Goulais by the testicles and bit him in the thigh.

Const. Stacey Jackson found Harrison staggering away from the house and tried to arrest him.

Jackson said Harrison complied with his order to put his hands on the cruiser and then behind his back for handcuffs, but then complained that the people in the party had beat him up.

Harrison then threw his head backward and hit Jackson on the forehead, court was told, while kicking backward with his heels and striking the police officer in the shins.

Jackson said two other officers arrived during this struggle and tried to help, all of them ordering Harrison to stop resisting.

Const. Matt Parker told the court he tried reaching under the man’s chest, but Harrison bit down on his right ring finger.

Const. Steve Carlton said he began hitting Harrison to get him to stop biting.

“The strikes didn’t phase him at all,” Carlton said, adding Parker suggested Jackson use his stun gun.

Parker said Harrison let go of his finger when the jolt of electricity hit.

Court was told ambulance attendants determined Harrison did not need further medical attention, but Parker, Goulais and Southwind all went to North Bay Regional Health Centre.

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I've heard of mean drunks before but this guy really wasn't screwing around. Biting and grabbing nuts is bad enough but he had no qualms about who he bit or where he bit them? I can't say I've never bitten anyone but I was 1) a child, 2) it was my brother and 3) it was on the arm. I can't imagine biting a complete stranger in the stomach or the inner thigh. Headbutting a cop and biting him on the finger is really just icing on the cake. I usually don't say this about people because it stinks of hypocrisy but this guy may want to consider not drinking if he's going to act like that.