Man accused of dumping bag of garbage on IC Police car

Lang
8/27/19

Dumping a bag of garbage on an Iowa City Police car has led to the arrest of a northern Johnson County man.

High-definition security video shows 24-year-old Samuel Buatti of Saddle Club Road carrying a bag of garbage into the Chauncey Swan Parking Ramp just after 2:30am on August 18th. Buatti is then seen dumping the contents of the bag onto a parked Iowa City Police Community Service Officer vehicle.

Buatti admitted to police that he was the one caught on camera. He said he didn’t completely remember the incident due to his level of intoxication, but he did remember doing something with a garbage bag in the parking ramp.

Buatti is charged with Tampering With A Motor Vehicle, a simple misdemeanor punishable by a maximum of 30 days in jail.