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Palo Alto man convicted of mayhem for biting off man's ear
And here I thought Mike Tyson was promoting fights in upstate New York. 
http://www.mercurynews.com/crime-courts/ci_25326958/palo-alto-man-convicted-mayhem-biting-off-mans
A Palo Alto man Tuesday was convicted of mayhem for biting a man's ear off during a drunken fight over stolen cigarettes outside a Redwood City bar last year.
Joshua McGriff, 40, now faces up to 24 years in state prison due to a prior conviction for mayhem in 2007, in which McGriff was found guilty of severely biting his then-girlfriend's face during a domestic dispute, San Mateo County District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe said....
With a crowd of witnesses surrounding the fight, the victim had McGriff restrained in a bear hug and refused to let him go, Lind said.
McGriff -- who was not injured in the scuffle -- then bit off a "substantial portion" of the victim's ear and used his teeth to tear the back of the ear from the victim's head, Lind said.
Joshua McGriff, 40, now faces up to 24 years in state prison due to a prior conviction for mayhem in 2007, in which McGriff was found guilty of severely biting his then-girlfriend's face during a domestic dispute, San Mateo County District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe said....
With a crowd of witnesses surrounding the fight, the victim had McGriff restrained in a bear hug and refused to let him go, Lind said.
McGriff -- who was not injured in the scuffle -- then bit off a "substantial portion" of the victim's ear and used his teeth to tear the back of the ear from the victim's head, Lind said.
McGriff? Rrrrufff! Take a bite into crime!!
