Ear’s your punishment, lady
A Massachusetts woman who bit off a portion of a cop’s ear during her arrest outside a bar was sentenced Wednesday to four years in jail.
Emma Wiley, 19, of Marblehead, pleaded guilty to assault and battery on a police officer and mayhem. Her lawyer said she has mental-health issues and feels “sincere remorse.”
Patrolwoman Jessica Rondinelli responded to reports of a fight outside a Salem bar in August, prosecutors said. While Rondinelli, who had been on the force for just a few weeks, was putting Wiley in a cruiser, Wiley bit off a piece of the officer’s ear. Doctors were unable to reattach it.