11/27/07 — Norman, OK – A man claiming he was trying to break up a fight has been charged with biting off the ear of another man.

According to court records, Joseph Edward Johnson, 27, of Pauls Valley, was arrested last Saturday on complaints of maiming and public drunkeness.

Reportedly, a friend of Johnson’s got into an altercation with another man in the 700 block of Asp in Norman. Johnson, wanting to be the ever vigilante BFF, decided to pull a Vincent Van Gogh and promptly bit off the ear of the victim.

When police arrived they noted Johnson had a strong odor of alcohol about him and slurd speech (maybe he just had some ear stuck in his teeth).

The victim was rushed to the hospital.

The next day Johnson was charged with felony maiming and public drunk in Cleveland County.

Johnson was released from jail after posting a $50,000 bond.

UPDATE: Johnson was convicted of both charges January 15, 2009. He was given a 5 year prison term with all but the first 6-months suspended, plus fines.

Norman, OK – A Noble man allegedly bites off the nose of another man during a drunken brawl.

According to court records, at about 1:30am on March 17, a man stumbled into the Norman Regional Hospital sans nose (for you Okies to the South that means without his nose).

According to the victim, Raymond Mann, the injury was caused by an Indian male named Sean Anthony McGirt, 38.

Mann told authorities that McGirt was at his home on West Frank in Norman when they got into an argument in the backyard.

The argument quickly became physical and Mann said he tried to retreat back inside his home. Mann claimed that McGirt followed him inside his home, knocked him to the ground and bite “off a large portion of [his] nose” and then spat it onto the ground.

A search was immediately launched for said nose, but it went undiscovered for several days and thus was unable to be re-attached.

McGirt, who is listed as living in the 100 block of South 5th street in Noble, was charged with felony maiming last Tuesday in Cleveland County.

Update: McGirt pled guilty 11/28/07 and was sentenced to 25-years in prison with the last 10-years to be suspended.