IC man charged for alleged assault while working at downtown restaurant
Hunter
10/08/20
A downtown Iowa City restaurant employee has been charged with assault after allegedly punching a customer.
The incident occurred at Pancheros on South Clinton Street at around 1:30am on September 19th. 24-year-old Kyle Higgins of the Town and Campus Apartments was working there and near the checkout. According to police, a customer that wasn’t following staff directions was speaking with staff at the checkout area and trying to pick up his online order.
At one point during the incident, the customer lowered his face mask, and that’s when Higgins allegedly punched the man on the left side of his face. The man went to a local hospital and learned his jaw was broken in two pieces and he also suffered tooth damage.
Higgins was arrested Wednesday and charged with Assault Causing Bodily Injury, a serious misdemeanor punishable by a jail sentence of up to a year if convicted.