CLARKSBURG, W.Va. – An Indiana man is facing charges in Harrison County after a domestic dispute.
When West Virginia State Police arrived at the residence on April 25, they talked to the victim, who told them Andrew Cozad, 23, of Tell City, Indiana, bit her in the bottom lip and inner gum area during a domestic dispute.
Troopers said the victim had open wounds to her bottom lip and inner gum area, and the wounds were still bloody. Troopers said they believed the attack was a deliberate attempt to disfigure the victim.
The victim also told troopers that Cozad tried to strangle her, but that attack was prevented by another person in the residence.
Cozad was arrested for malicious wounding and is being held in the North Central Regional Jail in lieu of a $10,000 bond.