WARWICK TOWNSHIP, Pa. (WHTM) – A Lebanon woman has been charged after an assault victim in Lancaster County had a portion of his ear bit off.

Northern Lancaster County Regional Police responded to Good Samaritan Hospital in Lebanon on Feb. 12 for an assault patient in the emergency room.

Police say the adult man suffered a serious bite wound to the upper outer ear lobe and needed immediate attention to reattach it.

The victim was taken to Hershey Medical Center for plastic surgeons to reattach the ear.

Police say the assault began during a commute to Lebanon from Lancaster on the 700 block of Furnace Hills Pike.

Police say Skyla Peiffer was charged with one count of aggravated assault and taken to the Lancaster County Prison.