05/19/21
A trio of bad decisions was made by area residents over the weekend in downtown Iowa City, as they allegedly threatened and interfered with police on separate occasions.
The first incident occurred at around 150 am Saturday in the 100 block of East College Street. An officer was on scene when 30-year-old Devyn Denny of Holiday Lodge Road in North Liberty allegedly approached him and, without provocation, began to threaten the officer and his family with physical harm. He reportedly had signs of intoxication that included bloodshot watery eyes, slurred speech, and a strong odor of ingested alcohol. In his report, the officer wrote that Denny “showed impaired decision making skills by threatening a fully uniformed police officer without provocation.” Denny’s post-arrest PBT showed a blood-alcohol level of .144 percent. He was charged with public intoxication and disorderly conduct, both simple misdemeanors.