Lang
5/22/22
A Cedar Rapids woman has been arrested after a reported assault causing an injury at a downtown Iowa City live music club.
Iowa City Police were called to a fight between two women at El Ray’s Live and Dive on Iowa Avenue just before midnight Saturday. Witnesses told arriving officers that 18-year-old Emma Backen of Blairs Ferry Road NE followed a woman outside the bar, then grabbed her by the hair and punched her in the face. The two had reportedly been fighting inside the bar earlier.
The other woman suffered bleeding and pain to her nose and face. Backen was arrested and charged with Assault Causing Bodily Injury. If convicted, she faces a maximum of one year in jail.