Man’s nose partially amputated in beer bottle attack on Mescalero Apache Reservation

Update: Court documents reveal that Bigmouth and his childhood friend spent the day of January 5 going to different businesses in Ruidoso. Later, the pair were sitting in the victim's car after it had become stuck in the snow. The men started to argue, then to fight.

The victim accuses Bigmouth of hitting his face with a beer bottle.

"Bigmouth was drinking glass bottles of Corona beer and 99 Bananas liquor that afternoon," investigators state in the court documents.

MESCALERO, New Mexico (KVIA) -- 27-year-old Lewis Michael Bigmouth is charged with assault resulting in serious bodily injury after federal prosecutors say he attacked a friend's face with a beer bottle.

Bigmouth, an enrolled member of the Mescalero Apache Tribe, allegedly assaulted his friend, also an enrolled tribal member, on the Mescalero Apache Reservation on January 5, 2024, officials say.

The victim's nose had to be partially amputated and needed to undergo multiple reconstructive surgeries as a result of the attack, prosecutors explain.

Bigmouth will remain in custody pending his trial, which has not yet been scheduled.

Bigmouth could face up to ten years in prison if convicted.