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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...chomped off the lower part of officer David Storton's right ear? Was it Shawn Blick or Jonathan Blick? One flicker of doubt and both Blick brothers -- who happen to be identical twins -- could...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Case of Biting Irony | 12/10/1990 | See Source »

...physically identical is about the only thing the prosecution and the defense can agree on in the case, which is expected to go to trial this month. The Santa Clara County district attorney's office charges that on the night of May 10, 1988, the twins assaulted Storton when he , identified himself as a police officer, interrupting their attempted break-in of a San Jose apartment. Attorneys for the Blicks maintain that the twins were innocently throwing pebbles at a friend's window to wake him when they were startled by the officer, who was moonlighting as a security guard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Case of Biting Irony | 12/10/1990 | See Source »

...Storton swears he knows who nipped him: Jonathan, the one who had long hair on the night of the crime. Clearly an open and shut case but for a small detail. By the time the twins were arrested three days after the incident, both had short haircuts. Storton still insists it was Jonathan. But one of the defense attorneys, Chris Carroll, predicts that "there will be substantial evidence submitted at the trial to show that the officer was mistaken about the identity of the biter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Case of Biting Irony | 12/10/1990 | See Source »

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