Cops: Man Told to Get a Job Responds With Folding-Chair Beating

IOWA CITY, Iowa – A man has been arrested in Coralville after he allegedly responded to someone telling him to get a job by picking up a folding chair and striking another man with it three times.

Coralville police responded to a fight in progress around 5 p.m. on Sunday, and arrested Gary Duffel. He is charged with assault causing bodily injury.

According to police reports, Duffel was drinking beer with a friend when the victim, whose name police are not publishing, told Duffel to "get a job."

Duffel then allegedly picked up the folding chair.

Duffel was in custody on Monday afternoon with a $2,000 cash bond.