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Man's fingertip bitten off at Beyoncé-Jay Z concert


Pasadena - Authorities say a man was arrested at Jay-Z and Beyoncé's Rose Bowl concert in California after allegedly groping a woman and then biting off the tip of her boyfriend's finger during a fight.

The San Gabriel Valley Tribune reports Roberto Alcaraz-Garnica, 25, was taken into custody on Saturday on suspicion of sexual battery and mayhem.

Pasadena police Lieutenant John Luna says Alcaraz-Garnica was accused of groping a woman in her 20s. When the woman's boyfriend confronted him, a fight broke out. Luna says during the altercation the suspect bit off the tip of one of the boyfriend's fingers.

Alcaraz-Garnica was being held in lieu of $100 000 bail. 

Police say 10 other people were arrested during Saturday's concert.

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