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Utah man allegedly bit off part of his ex-boyfriend’s ear

A Utah man has been charged after he bit off part of his ex-boyfriend’s ear and punched another ex-boyfriend in the nose.

On Nov. 8, Murray police officers were called to a report of domestic violence at an apartment near 4200 South and 100 West. When they arrived the first victim told them police “his ex-boyfriend … bit his left ear off.”

According to a probable cause statement, the first victim told police that he, his ex-boyfriend and a third roommate all live in the apartment. He said the three of them were watching a movie “when the defendant took a glass of soda and threw it at them,” breaking the glass.