Police: Oroville man accidentally cuts off his finger during car break-in

Police say a 22-year-old man cut off part of his finger while trying to break into a parked car.|
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CHICO - Chico police say a 22-year-old man cut off part of his finger while trying to break into a parked car.

The San Francisco Chronicle (http://bit.ly/2ggOQTN) says Angel Orozco-Vargas of Oroville arrived at a hospital Wednesday morning missing part of a pinky finger.

The hospital says it contacted Chico police after Orozco-Vargas told staffers he lost the digit while trying to break into a car.

Officers who went to the scene found a folding knife and part of a missing pinky. Blood was smeared on a car window.

Orozco-Vargas wasn't immediately arrested. He's being held at the hospital while doctors continue to treat his injury.

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