Sean Rossman

Democrat staff writer

A man bit off his girlfriend's lower lip in the parking lot of the West Tennessee Street Starbucks Sunday after the two got in an argument.

Michael Johnson II, 24, now faces charges of burglary with assault and aggravated battery.

Johnson and the woman were sitting outside the Starbucks doing homework when the two began to argue about text messages on Johnson's phone from another woman, court documents said.

Johnson then became irate and slammed his fist against the wall of the coffee shop as the woman grabbed her things and began to leave, court document said.

As she got in her car, Johnson began to place his things in his car.

She said Johnson began to act calmer and the two began to talk outside the woman's car.

Johnson then leaned in and bit down on her lip, completely taking off the bottom lip, which he spit on the ground, court documents said.

Johnson then started shouting "Oh my god! Of my god!" and insisted he take the woman to the emergency room.

The woman said she went with him because of the large amount of blood that was coming from her face, court documents said.

Johnson walked her into the ER of a local hospital but then left saying he was going back to Starbucks to find her lip.

The doctor who treated the woman said she would be permanently disfigured by the injury and the possibilities of plastic surgery were not good, court documents said.

Officers found Johnson at the scene looking for the lip, which was later found by officers in a nearby bush.

Johnson told officers it had been accident.