Police say that a Stamford woman was attacked last night after leaving her church—but when the attacker dragged her to the ground and began to sexually assault her, she bit her assaulters tongue! “During that attack, he stuck his tongue into her mouth and she bit off a large portion of his tongue, which we recovered at the crime scene. There was an extreme amount of blood at the scene,” said Stamford police captain Richie Conklin.

Gerard Michael Landon, 46, was caught by police after he sought medical treatment for his tongue at a Bedford Street massage chiropractic clinic...after a foot chase through a shopping center parking lot. Landon was taken to Stamford Hospital for a psychological evaluation. Police say he had approached the woman, who is in her 50s, as she was exiting the Basilica of St. John the Evangelist, and asked if she wanted a hug. When she refused, he wrestled her to the ground and started to force himself upon her.

Jessica, the health receptionist at the Bedford Street clinic, called police to report the strange man, but seemed more or less nonplussed by the whole situation: "He walked in and asked if we could help with his tongue and he stuck his tongue out and it was really gross. I was like, no, we can't." Then she referred him to a dentist in the next building. "I didn't think anything out of the ordinary. I just thought he was weird," she said.