A dollar bill attached to a fishing line caused a man to strike a teenager Saturday.\nAn 18-year-old and a 15-year-old went to the College Mall and purchased a series of items to use for practical jokes, said \nBloomington Police Department Sgt. Daniel Carnes, reading from a police report. One of those items was a fishing line. The two teenagers attached a dollar bill to one end of the line and laid it on the ground outside the mall. One of the teenagers would yank the dollar bill out of reach by pulling on the fishing line when someone tried to pick it up, Carnes said.\nThe two teenagers began laughing when they did this to a man pushing a stroller, according to the report. The man then approached the two and asked them what they were doing, Carnes said. The 18-year-old told the man they were “just having fun,” according to the report. The man asked them if they thought what they did was funny, and they said yes. The man then struck the 18-year-old in the face with an open hand and told both teenagers to leave, Carnes said. As the 15-year-old was trying to walk away, the man grabbed him by the arm and asked him if he thought what they did was funny. The 15-year-old told the man he did not think what they did was funny.\nThe teenagers told officers the man began following them in the mall, so they located mall security. Mall security was unable to locate the man. Officers checked mall surveillance cameras, but the incident was not captured.
Man arrested for battery on Kirkwood Avenue
A man was arrested for battery and public intoxication in the 500 block of East Kirkwood Avenue early Friday morning. Bloomington police officers were dispatched to the scene in response to a fight in progress, said Sgt. Daniel Carnes, reading from a police report.\nThe victim told officers several male subjects had battered him inside La Bamba restaurant. Officers searched the area and located four subjects. One of the subjects, Matthew Noblitt, 23, had blood on his person, Carnes said. Noblitt indicated to officers he had been in a fight that started because of an argument inside the restaurant. Noblitt was very intoxicated and unable to provide details, Carnes said.\nAn independent witness stated that Noblitt instigated the fight. The witness also told officers the fight occurred outside the restaurant.
