Fort Bragg caretaker accused of biting elderly woman

<p>A Fort Bragg resident remained in custody Tuesday at the Mendocino County Jail, suspected of mayhem and elder abuse after she bit an elderly woman, reported Fort Bragg police.</p><p>The suspect, Christine Turner, 60, was a caretaker of the victim, reported Fort Bragg Sgt. Charles Gilchrist.</p><p>The victim, who wasn't identified, was taken to Mendocino Coast District Hospital with a bleeding bite wound to one wrist.</p><p>She told officers Turner bit her during an argument. A witness also told officers Turner had been verbally abusive toward the older woman, Gilchrist said.</p><p>Officers arrested Turner late Saturday afternoon at a home on South Harold Street. </p><p>Turner denied biting the woman, but based on other evidence and information officers arrested the woman, Gilchrist said.</p><p>She was being held in lieu of $50,000 bail, according to Mendocino County Jail records.</p>