Lang
10/23/22
A former University of Northern Iowa football player has been arrested after allegedly assaulting two people on a downtown Iowa City dance floor.
Iowa City Police were called to a reported assault with injuries just before 12:30 Sunday morning at Brothers on the Ped Mall. Witnesses say 28-year-old Tyvis Smith of Scottsdale, Arizona became involved in a physical altercation with another man on the Brothers dance floor, striking the man in the face. Police allege Smith then punched a woman between the eyes as she was trying to break up the altercation.
Both victims suffered bruises and cuts to their faces.
Smith, who played running back at UNI from 2013-2016, is charged with two counts of Assault Causing Bodily Injury. If convicted on both charges, he faces a maximum of two years in jail.