Transient arrested for two straight Christmas Eve fights banned from wet shelter
Lang
12/29/18
A local transient with a history of fights has been banned from Iowa City’s wet shelter…at least temporarily.
Online records show 42-year-old James Anthony Klinkenberg…better known as “Warpath”…was kicked out of the South Clinton Street shelter just before 12:30 Friday morning. He was banned from the shelter until after the start of the new year.
Iowa City Police were called to the South Clinton Street shelter just before 7:45pm on Christmas Eve for two subjects fighting. Staff at the shelter said Klinkenberg had threatened them and others staying at the shelter, including pulling one subject’s hair. Klinkenberg’s blood alcohol concentration as measured at .380. He was arrested and charged with Disorderly Conduct.
Klinkenberg was arrested at the shelter on the same charge the night of Christmas Eve last year, also for fighting with another transient. He has been removed from the shelter on several other occasions in recent years for similar actions.
