PORTSMOUTH — The Portsmouth Police Department is seeking a 30-year-old man accused of causing a serious injury to a victim in a finger biting attack.

Anthony Thomas Ruffin, of Barclay Avenue in Portsmouth, is wanted on two felony warrants for felonious assault, and one misdemeanor warrant for violation of work or educational release, Portsmouth police spokeswoman Jan Westerbeck said in a press release.

On Jan. 9 at about 9:45 p.m., a man and a woman showed up at Maryview Hospital saying they were injured in an altercation with Ruffin, she said.

"Officers discovered all three individuals were involved in an altercation in the 2700 block of Barclay Avenue earlier that evening. The suspect allegedly bit one victim on the finger causing a serious injury. The second victim sustained bruising and lacerations to the upper body from the assault," Westerbeck said.

Ruffin is also wanted for failing to return to the Portsmouth Sheriff's Department work release program.

Ruffin is 30 years old, about 5 feet 11 inches tall, and weighs approximately 180 pounds.

Anyone with information is asked to call the CRIME LINE at 1-888-LOCK-U-UP.