bite me!

[Lady Cop]

Florida of course:

A dentist is facing assault charges after getting into a tug-of-war with a patient over her false teeth.

Dr Michael Hammonds has been accused of assaulting his elderly patient after she refused to hand back a pair of dentures.

His 85 year old victim was left covered in blood and bruises after grappling with the dentist and only escaped his clutches after trying to climb out of a window.

The bizarre denture bust up took place in Deltona, Florida, when Virginia Graham made a routine visit to have a new set of dentures fitted.

As Hammonds, 57, adjusted her lower set of false teeth she began screaming out in pain, according to sheriff's spokesman Brandon Haught.

She pulled out the painful false teeth and threw them at the dentist, demanding a refund.

According to an arrest warrant when Hammonds refused to pay a refund his elderly patient made a grab for the dentures.

'Hammonds held on to the partials as Graham tried to pull them away from him and a brief tug-of-war ensued,' deputy Paul Mele wrote in his arrest report.

Police said the tug-of-war continued into the reception area and ended when Graham used her upper dentures still in her mouth to bite down on her dentists hand and make him release the disputed lower pair.

In an attempt to escape Graham climbed on a receptionist desk to try and escape through a window , but was helped down by another member of staff.

Graham told police she was so afraid during the argument, she thought she might have a heart attack.

She said: 'He was going off on me, and shoving me and grabbing my arms to keep me from leaving.

'I said, "if you don't get out of my face, I'm going to smack you."

'He said, "you do it, come on, smack me, smack me." I didn't smack him, but I bit him so he let loose of my dentures."

She added: 'I'm thinking the man had to be on something. I mean, he was wild.'

Hammonds was charged with false imprisonment, battery and assault on a person older than 65 and grand theft.

He was booked into the Volusia County Branch Jail and later released on $4,000 bond.