WATERLOO — A Waterloo man has been arrested for attacking a female acquaintance and taking her cellphone in October.
Matthew Ray McAhren, 31, had been arrested for second-degree robbery but he pleaded to the lesser charge of first-degree theft and on April 5 was sentenced to up to 10 years in prison and ordered to pay restitution.
Authorities said the victim was walking home on Ackermant Street around 10 p.m. Oct. 26 when McAhren pulled up next to her, exited his vehicle and knocked her down. He then punched her in the face and took her cellphone, cigars, cigarettes and $3 in cash.
Court records show McAhren also pleaded to misdemeanor assault while displaying a weapon and was sentenced to 180 days in jail suspended to seven days in jail for trying to run over a man in Exchange Park on Oct. 27. He crashed his vehicle chasing the man, according to court records.
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