By Ashley B. Craig
Charleston Daily Mail
CHARLESTON, W.V. — An inmate at South Central Regional Jail lost the tip of his nose when he was bitten by another inmate during an altercation.
Telly Sylvester Larry, 30, was taken to a hospital but is back in jail recovering from injuries suffered during a fight that began during a card game.
Larry was playing cards Sept. 13 with Roy Anthony Harvey, 32, of Cabin Creek in the Pod A day room when the two got into an argument.
Harvey began taunting Larry, and that caused Larry to try walking away from the situation, according to a complaint filed in Kanawha County Magistrate Court. But Harvey then began punching him repeatedly, it says.
Larry told Trooper J.E. Burgess of the State Police Detachment in South Charleston, who went to the jail the morning of Sept. 24 to interview him about the incident, that he had “no choice but to fight back,” the complaint said.
As the fight continued, larry had begun to gain the upper hand when Harvey did something unexpected, the trooper wrote.
Harvey then “decided to bite off the tip of (Larry’s) nose,” the complaint said.
Jail officials took photographs of Larry’s nose and injuries and Harvey’s injuries. The photos showed both men had marks on their necks.
Larry was taken to Thomas Memorial Hospital for treatment, but doctors were unable to save the tip of his nose. He will require plastic surgery to repair the damage, the trooper said.
Larry was brought to South Central in October 2009 after State Police arrested him for failing to register as a sex offender in Jackson County. Jail officials said he is being held at the jail by the U.S. Marshals service.
Harvey violated his parole earlier this year from meth lab and breaking-and-entering charges, officials said. He now faces the additional charge of malicious wounding.
Burgess did not immediately return a message left for her at the detachment. State Police still are investigating.
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