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MADISON, S.D. --Charges have yet to be filed in Lake County in connection with a June 18 assault in which one man reportedly bit off the ear of another man during an argument over a dog.
Lake County Sheriff's Deputy Tony Aas told the Madison Daily Leader that the men, whose names have not been released, were at Brant Lake on that Saturday evening.
The two began arguing when a dog belonging to a 36-year-old man from the Sioux Falls area started running around the picnic grounds, he said.
Aas said a 43-year-old man had fishing lines in the water and apparently became upset when the dog started swimming and running on the beach.
"It started as a verbal argument and escalated pretty quickly into a physical" argument, the deputy said.
He said at some point, the older man bit "most of the ear off" the younger man, who was treated at the Madison hospital and released. The older man suffered minor cuts, Aas said.
An aggravated assault charge, a felony, is pending against the older man and a misdemeanor simple assault charge is pending against the younger man.
A 33-year-old woman who was with the younger man also faces a disorderly conduct charge.
Lake County Sheriff Roger Hartman said he would not release details of the case because the state's attorney's office was handling it.
http://www.boston.com/news/odd/articles/2005/07/11/mans_ear_bitten_off_in_fight_over_dog?mode=PF
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