Panhandler accused of attacking driver, taking his phone

IOWA CITY, Iowa (KCRG) – A man faces multiple charges after Iowa City Police arrested him for fighting a driver while he was soliciting on the highway.

Chayanne Quiles, 38, of Joliet, Illinois, was arrested Monday night for robbery, burglary, theft, assault and criminal mischief.

Police say Quiles was at the intersection of Highway 1 West and Westport Plaza around 7:40 p.m. when a driver spit sunflower seeds where he was walking. Police say Quiles confronted him, then opened the driver’s truck and struck him with a bat…

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