Attempted selfie with I.C. officer leads to arrest

An intoxicated Ames man was arrested outside of a downtown Iowa City bar Friday night after allegedly trying to take a selfie with an Iowa City police officer.

According to police complaints, Iowa City police officers were writing citations to three subjects at 10:30 p.m. Friday outside of the Union Bar, 121 E. College St., when Bo Wilson Brammer, 21, of Ames, walked up to an officer, shoulder to shoulder, and tried to take a selfie with the officer.

Brammer left the scene after the officer told him to leave, but returned minutes later to attempt to take another selife, according to the complaint. Officers told Brammer to leave again, but Brammer refused and was taken into custody, the complaint said.

Brammer displayed slurred speech, bloodshot eyes and smelled of ingested alcohol, according to the complaint, and refused to take a breathalyzer test.

Brammer was arrested Friday night and booked on charges of public intoxication and interference with official acts, both simple misdemeanors. He was released from Johnson County Jail Saturday morning.