OK…so, here is a little light reading brought to you only by the great Land of Enchantment…I was sent the story in a forward so I had to look it up because I couldn’t believe it. But sure enough it happened just as it was sent to me, only the account by this reporter was more thorough and has a couple details that were a little funny (you’ll see if you read all the way through)… If your jaw doesn’t drop you don’t have an empathetic grain in your body or a sense of humor. This is one of those stories that hails a, “You might be a redneck if…” “Twisted it off, O-F-F, OFF!”
LAS CRUCES - The woman who twisted off her daughter-in-law's nipple in a drunken brawl has pleaded guilty to the crime just days before she was set to go to trial.
Amelia Love Oveide, 46, entered the last-minute guilty plea to aggravated battery against a household member with great bodily harm on Friday afternoon, said Deputy District Attorney Michael Heitz.
A one-day trial had been scheduled for Thursday before state District Judge Douglas Driggers.
Although the attack left Oveide's daughter-in-law unable to breast feed on one side, the victim supported Oveide receiving a sentence of supervised probation, Heitz said.
"It's her mother-in-law, and everybody had been drinking," Heitz said. "Although she is upset about having her nipple ripped off ... It's still family. (Oveide) helps with child care and everything. She didn't want her to go to prison."
Oveide grabbed the 30-year-old victim's breast when the younger woman tried to intervene in a drunken argument between Oveide and her 27-year-old son early the morning of Dec. 12, 2010, according to a police report. Oveide could only be stopped when the younger woman allegedly started punching her in the face, the report stated.
After Oveide was removed from the apartment in the 1000 block of Idaho Avenue, the victim realized the struggle had left her bleeding. When she untucked her tank top, her nipple fell on the ground, according to the police report.
Instead of calling 911, the victim put the nipple in a bag.
After several hours, she decided she should go to the emergency room at Memorial Medical Center, where the Las Cruces Police Department was called as doctors were attempting to reattach the right nipple to the victim's breast.
A felon whose criminal record includes two convictions for drug possession and one each for firearm possession and concealing a weapon, Oveide was ordered Friday to pay for the victim's medical bills, which totaled around $10,000, Heitz said.
It gets better... wait for it….
The attack was one of the most bizarre the district attorney's office had ever seen, said Heitz, who prosecuted last year's case in which a teenager defecated in a stranger's car - mistakenly thinking it was his girlfriend's.
"This was one of the odder cases," Heitz said. "I can't even imagine what kind of force would be required to tear a nipple off through clothing." –(Las Cruces Sun News, Ashley Meeks)
Gotta love New Mexico and our “odder cases.” On the second mentioned case, first, who would defecate in another’s car? And second, who wouldn’t check that it was at least the right car before said defecation?! I love this reporter for sharing not one, but two redneck stories with us in one piece of journalism.
Have a GOODloe Day!
