Lang
8/30/26
A drunk driving suspect is accused of injuring an Iowa City Police officer while being detained.
An officer responded to a reckless driver report on Lower Muscatine Road and Kirkwood Avenue at 8:00 Friday night. The suspect vehicle was stopped near the intersection of Kirkwood Avenue and Dodge Street. Police described the driver…27-year-old Dakota Vancil of Hills…as “obviously intoxicated”. His breath alcohol level was measured at .195%, and Vancil was arrested for Operating While Intoxicated.
Once at the Iowa City Police station on East Washington Street, Vancil allegedly became unruly and had to be handcuffed to a bench. Police say Vancil kept poking his finger in an officer’s face, and tried to bite an officer. One officer was injured while trying to subdue Vancil, who was additionally charged with Interference With Official Acts Causing Bodily Injury.
If convicted on both charges, Vancil faces a maximum of two years in jail.