A woman is in custody accused of biting off part of another woman's bottom lip.
Hailee Marie Kowalchuk, 26, has been charged with aggravated assault, assault and breaching probation, RCMP said Monday.
She was arrested after RCMP were called to a North Nechako home on Friday at about 1:30 a.m.
"Members attended the residence and found an adult female missing a portion of her bottom lip," RCMP said. "Paramedics transported her to hospital for treatment.
"Investigators believe the lip was bitten during a physical altercation between two persons known to each other. Alcohol was a factor."
Meanwhile a Go Fund Me campaign has been launched in the name of the alleged victim, identified on social media as Kennedy Barker.
"This is to ease the stress of my surgery, medication costs. As well as my time missing from work," she says on her Facebook page. "I was skeptical of starting one of these but my family deserves to have their stress relieved. Don’t feel obligated to donate but it would be a big help."
According to a posting on the Go Fund Me page, Barker had been having dinner and drinks while visiting "a person she thought was her friend."
But while she was sleeping, the "friend" tied Barker's hands behind her back, then beat her senseless and threatened her life before biting her, according to the posting.
"She managed to get away and lock herself in the bathroom until RCMP came and arrested the attacker," the posting says.
Kowalchuk is known to police and the courts. In September 2017, Kowalchuk was sentenced to 18 months probation for assault after spending 19 days in custody. And in June 2016, she was sentenced to 17 months probation for mischief to property.
Kowalchuk remains in custody.
