Robin Gibson

rgibson@muncie.gannett.com

MUNCIE – A teenager was charged with battery by bodily waste after using money contaminated by feces to pay for a meal at Brothers Bar and Grill on Sunday.

City and Ball State University police were called to the newly-opened restaurant in The Village shortly after noon Sunday on reports of a group of young men "causing trouble," according to Muncie Police Sgt. Mike Engle.

A 17-year-old customer who was part of the group had allegedly gone to the bathroom, defecated and wiped himself with the money, which he then placed in the folder provided for payment, according to Engle. The server touched the contaminated money before realizing what was on it, he added.

Engle said he had not heard a specific reason for the subject's action. The teen was taken to juvenile detention. No other members of his party were charged in the incident, but several of them were trespassed from the restaurant, according to Engle.