Man bit off inmate’s ear during Leavenworth basketball game, leading to prison time
An inmate at the Leavenworth County Jail was sentenced to more than five years of additional prison time Wednesday for biting off another inmate’s ear during a basketball game in 2022.
Alvaro Pertuz III, 25, was sentenced to 66 months after having been found guilty of one count of aggravated battery in August, according to a news release from Leavenworth County Attorney Todd Thompson.
Pertuz was charged in July 2022 after a basketball game in the jail’s “Rec Pod.” He jumped on the back of a fellow inmate and bit off the top of the man’s ear, Thompson said.
At the time of the incident, Pertuz was serving a 66-month sentence for aggravated battery of a law enforcement officer, according to a 2021 Leavenworth County court document.
This story was originally published November 7, 2025 at 6:06 PM.
