Safire
02-25-2004, 12:28 PM
FREDRICKSBURG, Va. -
A Virginia man has been charged with pulling off a neighbor's prosthetic leg and beating him with it during an argument.
The fight started when the victim,
Michael Clapp, 38, discovered a bottle of medicine missing
from his Townsend Boulevard apartment Wednesday night, The
Free Lance Star of Fredricksburg, Va., reported Friday.
Clapp suspected his neighbor, 27-year-old Rodney Prophitt,
and went next door to confront him, city police spokesman
Jim Shelhorse said. Upon being confronted, Prophitt knocked
Clapp to the ground, then pulled off Clapp's artificial leg
and struck him with it several times. "At some point, Clapp
was able to grab his leg back, get back to his apartment and
call 911," Shelhorse said. Police charged Prophitt with
felonious assault and petty larceny. Clapp was treated at
Mary Washington Hospital for a broken nose and other facial
injuries.
A Virginia man has been charged with pulling off a neighbor's prosthetic leg and beating him with it during an argument.
The fight started when the victim,
Michael Clapp, 38, discovered a bottle of medicine missing
from his Townsend Boulevard apartment Wednesday night, The
Free Lance Star of Fredricksburg, Va., reported Friday.
Clapp suspected his neighbor, 27-year-old Rodney Prophitt,
and went next door to confront him, city police spokesman
Jim Shelhorse said. Upon being confronted, Prophitt knocked
Clapp to the ground, then pulled off Clapp's artificial leg
and struck him with it several times. "At some point, Clapp
was able to grab his leg back, get back to his apartment and
call 911," Shelhorse said. Police charged Prophitt with
felonious assault and petty larceny. Clapp was treated at
Mary Washington Hospital for a broken nose and other facial
injuries.