KANSAS CITY, Mo. (WDAF) -- A 25-year-old man was sentenced to the Kansas Department of Corrections on Wednesday for biting an inmate during a jail basketball game. Court records say it's the second time he's been sentenced for a biting-related assault in Leavenworth.

Alvaro Pertuz is facing 66 months, approximately five-and-a-half years, in prison for aggravated battery in connection with an assault in the summer of 2022.

Court records say on July 25, 2022, Pertuz was playing basketball with other inmates at the jail's Rec Pod when, at one point during the game, Pertuz jumped on his fellow inmate's back and bit off the top of their ear.

He was subsequently charged after having already been in jail for a similar assault case.

Court records say Pertuz previously pleaded guilty to aggrava

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