Soccer player arrested for biting referee after 'bad call'

A soccer player in Delaware has been arrested after he allegedly bit a referee who made a controversial call.

Police say Rannord Jones of New Castle, Delaware argued with the referee of a soccer game after he was given a red card and ejected from the game last Thursday, according to NBC 10 News which first broke the story. In retaliation, Jones, 28, allegedly bit the referee on the chin.

"The player was so enraged that he just savagely attacked the official, biting him almost in an animal manner about the chin," Cpl. Trinidad Navarro told NBC 10.

Jones reportedly turned himself in to police Friday morning and is charged with felony assault and threatening to kill the referee, according to NBC 10.

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