Lang
11/12/23
A University of Iowa graduate student is accused of throwing a bottle at EMTs responding to an emergency on the Ped Mall.
Iowa City Police say the Johnson County Ambulance Service was responding to a medical call at Brother’s bar & Grill at 8:15 Saturday night when one of the EMTs was shoved by 25-year-old Nile Harkins of Earlham, Iowa. Harkins then allegedly threw a bottle at the ambulance workers, shattering it against the tankers on the stretcher.
Police say Harkins showed signs of intoxication, admitted to being intoxicated, and provided a breath alcohol level of .221%.
Harkins is charged with Assault on Persons in Certain Occupations and Public Intoxication. If convicted on both counts, he faces a maximum of 25 months in jail.