A bar brawl turned into an arrest for one Kimmel man. Jeremy L. Coburn, 36, Kimmel, was arrested Sunday for battery causing serious bodily injury. On Feb. 9, a Syracuse police officer responded to a fight at Duffy’s Pub & Grub where he observed a male unconscious on the floor. According to witnesses, the unconcsious victim had inappropriately touched the bartender. When confronted by another patron, he placed his hands around the other man’s throat. The other patron then punched the man, knocking him out. According to the probable cause affidavit provided by the Kosciusko County Prosecutor’s Office, this was when Colburn hit the unconscious man on the head with a beer bottle. Witnesses confirmed that the patron attacked the victim in self defense and that Coburn then hit the victim. Police interviewed the victim at Kosciusko County Hospital and observed the cuts on his head. The victim had no memory of the incident. Coburn was booked into Kosciusko County Jail with a $5,250 bond.
