(Atlantic, Iowa) – Officials with the Atlantic Police Department report one person was taken into custody on a felony charge, following an incident that occurred Monday evening. Authorities say just before 6-p.m., the Cass County Communications center received a report of an assault at 1600 Bryn Mawr Blvd. in Atlantic. The initial report indicated that a man had been stabbed at the residence.

Upon arrival, officers with the Atlantic Police Department determined that the victim had not been stabbed, but had been assaulted, and struck using items in the home. The man suffered  from lacerations and bleeding. As a result of this investigation, Michael Brownsberger was charged with Willful injury, causing serious injury (a Class C Felony.) Brownsberger was taken into custody at the scene and transported to the Cass County Jail, where he was booked and held.

The Atlantic Police Department was assisted at the scene by the Cass County Sheriff’s Office, Cass EMS, and Atlantic Fire & Rescue. No other details are being released at this time. If you have information regarding the incident, please call the Atlantic Police Department at 712-243-3512.