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1/19/24
A second suspect has been arrested in connection with a New Year’s Eve riot on the Ped Mall.
18-year-old Taylor Robinson of Southview Drive NW was booked into the Johnson County Jail just after 6:15 Wednesday night. She was released less than a half-hour later.
Iowa City Police say just after 11:45 on the night of December 31st Robinson willingly involved herself in a large fight with at least four other people outside DC’s on South Dubuque Street. Multiple people were injured…some requiring hospitalization.
Police say Robinson had several opportunities to disengage from the fracas, but she continued to re-engage in violent behavior. She’s charged with Participating in a Riot, a Class D Felony punishable by a maximum of five years in prison.
Robinson is the second person charged in the case so far. Earlier this week 20-year-old Demarcus Robertson-Ray of Central Drive SW was charged with Willful Injury Causing Serious Injury, Willful Injury Causing Bodily Injury, Participating in a Riot and Domestic Abuse Assault Causing Injury. He’s accused of injuring three different people, including knocking one unconscious, causing serious injuries to another, and injuring the mother of his child.
If convicted on all four charges, Robertson-Ray faces a maximum of 18 years in prison. He was given a deferred judgment after his involvement in a December 2021 riot in the Capitol Street parking ramp during which he allegedly fired several gunshots at other people. Robertson-Ray himself was shot and required hospitalization.