Man Gets His Nose Bitten Off During Fight

Police say a man bit off the nose of another man during a disturbance Saturday in Dubuque. 24 year old Blayre Ward of Dubuque was arrested shortly after midnight Sunday on charges of willful injury causing serious injury, first-degree harassment, assault causing injury, fourth-degree criminal mischief and interference with official acts. Reports say that Ward bit off the nose of 44 year old Scott Plumley of Dubuque during a disturbance involving two other men on Bluff Street. Plumley was taken by ambulance to UnityPoint Health-Finley Hospital and later transported to University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City for specialized surgery to reconstruct his nose.