A woman accused of biting off part of a rookie police officer’s ear has been ordered held without bail.
Emma Wiley, 19, of Marblehead (Mass), was being arrested in connection to a fight outside Tavern in the Square early Sunday morning when police say she attacked the officer.
The injured officer, identified by The Salem News as Patrolwoman Jessica Rondinelli, was just out of the academy and still in field training. The missing piece of her ear was found on the floor of a cruiser, but it could not be reattached.
“This officer is forever maimed due to this defendant’s actions,” prosecutor Megan MacKenzie told Salem District Court Judge Allen Swan during Wiley’s arraignment Monday.
Wiley also threatened to kill the arresting officers, according to The Salem News.