News of the Weird: Sept. 11, 2026
Amy Arlene Baker, 43, of Boca Raton, Florida, is charged with aggravated battery after biting her husband’s ear off during an argument, NBC 6 Miami reported on Aug. 20. The couple were on Interstate 95 driving home from a party in Fort Lauderdale when they started fighting about relationship issues. As the argument escalated, police say that Baker struck her husband with her hand before grabbing his face and biting his ear, tearing a small section of it off. Baker claims that he hit her and that she was provoked by him telling her to “shut up” prior to that. Her husband drove to the nearest hospital, where he had to have surgery to reattach the missing portion of his ear. Baker is also charged with two counts of child neglect, as the couple’s two children, 7 and 1, were in the car when the incident........
