Woman Admits to Biting Off Part of Salem Officer's Ear

SALEM, MA — The Marblehead woman accused of biting off a part of a Salem police officer's ear has plead guilty and will receive time behind bars, reports the Boston Herald.

Emma Wiley, 19, was sentenced Wednesday to 2.5 years for mayhem and 1.5 years for assault and battery on a police officer. The Herald reports that the sentences will run consecutively and be followed by three years probation.

Wiley was arrested in August after a fight outside of Tavern in the Square on Washington Street. While she was being escorted into a police cruiser, she bit down on the ear of rookie police officer Jessica Rondinelli, according to the District Attorney's office.

Doctors were not able to re-attach the outer portion of Rondinelli's ear. The portion of her ear that was bit off was roughly the size of a nickel or quarter, reports the Boston Herald.

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Rondinelli later filed suit against both Wiley and JMRS Restaurant, Inc., the owner of Tavern in the Square. The lawsuit also alleges that JMRS Restaurant, Inc. was negligent in serving alcoholic beverages to Wiley, who is underaged, as well as serving a patron who was exhibiting "outward signs of intoxication."

During her probation, Wiley is required to remain drug and alcohol free, as well as undergo a substance abuse and alcohol abuse evaluation, as well as submit to random drug testing and undergo psychiatric treatment.

Read more from the Boston Herald here.

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