Teeth pulled out with force, leaving victim in terrible pain.
By Raif Karerat
WASHINGTON, DC: Many people tend to dislike making visits to the dentist, fearing the possibility of having teeth extracted right from their mouths. A man in Dallas, Texas who masqueraded as a phony dentist did nothing to help the stigma dentists seem to have by removing not one, but five teeth from a victim who went to him with a toothache.
Police say they became aware of Sabillion-Mejia and his accomplice, Tiffany Gonzalez, when a woman approached them and said she became very sick with an infection after he pulled five of her teeth, according to local news outlets.
“We think he was just getting his experience by practicing on people,” Lt. Tony Crawford, who is supervising the investigation, informed WFAA.
Sabillon-Mejia, 33, and Gonzalez, 41, were taken into custody on June 24 and are being on felony charges of practicing medicine without a license and two misdemeanor counts of possessing dangerous drugs. Sabillon-Mejia is a Honduran immigrant and is also being placed on immigration hold.
In April, the victim was suffering from toothaches but did not have dental insurance, reported HLN-TV. She was eventually contacted by a friend on Facebook who told her that Sabillon-Mejia, was a dentist who could help her with her toothaches, according to the arrest affidavit. The victim duly contacted Sabillon-Mejia, who agreed to meet her at her residence and remove her teeth for $1,500, the affidavit stated.
The woman claims Sabillion-Mejia gave her some kind of drug, then pulled her teeth out “by force,” holding her down on her couch against her will, and leaving her bleeding profusely in the throes of terrible, lancing pain, revealed KMBZ News.
“The truth is, it felt like it lasted years,” Martinez said in Spanish to the Dallas Morning News. “It was horrible pain. Very traumatic.”