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12/22/22
An Iowa City man faces charges that he threatened his neighbor with a pipe.
That’s according to Iowa City Police, who say 34-year-old Christopher Cummings was booked into the Johnson County Jail just before 3:45 Tuesday afternoon. According to arrest records, Cummings approached his neighbor outside his South Dodge Street apartment while armed with a pipe at approximately 7:45am on December 1st. Cummings allegedly told the person, “I’m going to f— you up before I leave.” The neighbor claims the incident was unprovoked.
Police say Cummings refused to speak to investigators. He’s now charged with 3rd Degree Harassment. If convicted, he faces a maximum of 30 days in jail.
Cummings has a history of fighting with neighbors. In 2021 he was sentenced to between 7 and 30 days in jail for separate incidents at his former South Johnson Street apartment after police say he damaged a neighbor’s door and threatened the man with a crowbar.
He was also convicted that year on charges that he intentionally rammed his car into another vehicle during a road rage incident near Bates Field, and for firing a gun from a Van Buren Street balcony during another dispute.