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Fight leads to an arrest in Council Bluffs

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November 4th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

One person was arrested while another was treated at for cuts following a physical altercation Monday afternoon, in Council Bluffs. The Omaha World-Herald reports 26-year old Quintin M. Kissel, of Council Bluffs was arrested on suspicion of eluding police and disorderly conduct, but the victim, a man in his mid-20’s, refused to press charges associated with the fight that broke out at around 3-p.m., Monday.

Police say during the incident that started with a fistfight near North 14th Street and West Broadway, the other man was on top of Kissel, punching him, and Kissel allegedly pulled a box cutter and slashed him. Kissel ran when officers arrived, but authorities quickly caught him. Police say the other man suffered cuts to his armpit and calf and later received stitches.