LOWELL, Mass. (AP) – A Lowell toddler whose lip was allegedly bitten off by a 26-year-old man is improving after the attack.
Thy Chan of Lowell is accused of biting the boy’s lip off at an apartment unit in Lowell on Saturday. Police say other adults in the apartment reported Chan had been acting erratically.
During an arraignment held in a Lowell hospital room where Chan is under police guard, a judge ordered him held on $25,000 bail.
He’s charged with mayhem, assault and battery on a child and domestic assault and battery.
Prosecutors allege Chan was high on ecstasy when he assaulted the victim, who has not been identified.
The child was taken to Children’s Hospital in Boston. Lowell police say his condition was improving, and efforts to reattach the lip were initially successful.
Information from: Lowell Sun
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AP-ES-11-19-07 1652EST
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