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FREDERICKSBURG, Va. (AP) -- A Fredericksburg man has been charged with yanking off a neighbor's prosthetic leg and beating him with it during an argument.
Authorities say the fight started when the victim, Michael Clapp, 38, discovered a bottle of medicine missing from his apartment Wednesday night.
City police spokesman Jim Shelhorse says Clapp suspected his neighbor, Rodney Prophitt, 27, and went next door to confront him.
Police say Prophitt knocked Clapp to the ground, then pulled off his artificial leg and struck him with it several times.
Clapp grabbed his leg back and went home and called 911.
Shelhorse says Prophitt is charged with felonious assault and petty larceny.
Clapp was treated at Mary Washington Hospital for a broken nose and other facial injuries.
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