12-year-old charged with hate crime after reported IC Rec Center assault

Lang
12/17/22

A 12-year-old has been charged with a hate crime in connection with a reported assault at the Robert A. Lee Community Rec Center.

Iowa City Police were called to a fight involving three people in the Rec Center basement just after 11:15am on Thursday, December 1st. Juvenile court records show a 12-year-old Southeast Junior High student was charged with Assault Causing Bodily Injury in Violation of Individual Rights.

If charged as an adult, the student would face a maximum of five years in prison.

No other details about the case have been released.