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4/24/22
An unruly Iowa City bus passenger faces multiple charges after he allegedly needed to be pepper sprayed by police, then injured an arresting officer.
Iowa City Police were called to a bus stop on Hollywood Boulevard near The Quarters on Highway 6 East just before 1:30 Saturday afternoon for a passenger who was being belligerent to an Iowa City Transit driver. Arriving officers say they tried to convince the subject in question, identified as 29-year-old Dante Yance of Primrose Court, to leave of his own accord. He allegedly refused, then called 9-1-1 to complain. Dispatchers advised Yance that complaining about the other officers on the scene was not a proper use of 9-1-1. After being given several opportunities to hang up, Yance allegedly walked off the bus, but stayed on the line with 9-1-1.
Yance was then told he was under arrest, although he reportedly told officers he was not going to be arrested or go to jail. Police say he physically resisted attempts at handcuffing and needed to be pepper-sprayed. Yance was eventually taken to the ground and handcuffed, causing one officer to suffer a knee injury.
Yance is charged with Interference With Official Acts Causing Bodily Injury and Making a False Report to 9-1-1. If convicted on both charges, he faces a maximum of 13 months in jail.
Yance was given a suspended sentence last year after assaulting and injuring a clerk at the Lower Muscatine Road Delimart who confronted him over not wearing a shirt inside the store.