SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - Police encountered more biting cases last weekend, both dog and human.
44-year-old Dean Alan Hillestad was bitten in the ear by his neighbor’s dog and he wanted revenge. Lieutenant Loren McManus says Hillestad is accused of using an axe to break the window on his neighbor's apartment and threatening to kill the dog.
Hillestad is charged with aggravated assault.
A 53-year-old Sioux Falls woman lost the tip of her finger when 49-year-old Bettina Phillips bit it off in fight. McManus couldn't say what sparked the dust-up but he did say the tip of the finger was not recovered. Phillps is charged with aggravated assault.
And two police officers were bitten while booking suspects in separate incidents. One officer required medical attention.