A Milwaukee man accused of biting off the tip of a man's finger at a 2023 wedding reportedly pleaded no contest to disorderly conduct and assault charges this week.
FOX 6 in Milwaukee Milwaukee resident Nathan Landsee reportedly pleaded no contest to the charges Monday before a court found him guilty of both charges.
According to court documents obtained by the department, on October 27, 2023, police were dispatched to The Club at Lac La Belle, a wedding venue in Oconomowoc Town, after receiving a report of someone having their fingertip bitten off. did.
When officers arrived, they located Landsee. Landsee “was sitting on the couch with blood on his sleeve, which did not appear to have come from him. There were also blood stains on the floor between the entryway and the ballroom…” police wrote. are. Criminal charges. “There were several people left in the venue who appeared to be upset by the incident, some of whom were crying.''
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Nathan Landsee pleaded no contest to biting off someone's finger at a wedding in October 2023. (Waukesha County)
Investigators learned from a witness that there were two incidents. The first incident occurred when Landsee “inappropriately touched another guest,” the complaint says.
Others attending the wedding became angry at Landsee, who started screaming in excitement.
He was then taken to a separate room, cut off from the main ballroom. The complaint states that the bride and groom's attempts to pacify the defendant led to the second incident.
After a while, Landsee became disoriented and began screaming again, according to the police report. Another witness told investigators that Landsee's actions caused people to ask him to leave the wedding. But that excited him even more and he continued to make a lot of noise.
On October 27, 2023, police were dispatched to a wedding venue in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin after a report of someone having their fingertip bitten off, police said. (St. Petersburg)
The first witness who spoke to investigators said he told Landsee that if he didn't leave within five minutes, he would call the police.
Landsee then allegedly “began lunging at him and attempted to punch him.”
A scuffle broke out, and as three other people pinned Landsee to the ground, Landsee “bitten off the tip of someone's finger,” the complaint says.
“The victim's injuries were serious,” the responding sergeant said. “It looked like about half an inch of my finger had been bitten off, exposing the inner bone of my finger.”
A Wisconsin court has found a man guilty of assault and disorderly conduct after pleading no contest to biting off the tip of someone's finger at a wedding on Oct. 27, 2023. (St. Petersburg)
The sergeant added that the fingertip was placed in a cup of ice.
Landsee was reportedly cooperative with investigators, who said he appeared to be “highly intoxicated.”
“I didn't know what was going on, but everyone grabbed him and someone put their hand in his mouth and I started biting him,” police said in a statement.
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The victim told police on Oct. 29, 2023, that he received 18 or 19 stitches on his finger when a surgeon tried to reattach the tip of his finger. The victim told police that if the surgery was not successful, he would be permanently disfigured.
Lansey is scheduled to be sentenced on December 13th.
