At 12:24 a.m. Thursday at OSF Heart of Mary Medical Center, 1400 W. Park St., Urbana, U. of I. student Zachary C. Johnson, 18, of Champaign, was arrested for aggravated battery. Police responded to a call at Van Doren Hall, 1215 S. Fourth St., Champaign, about an intoxicated individual who was possibly armed with a knife. Johnson resisted officers’ attempts to detain him and locate the knife. While being transported to the hospital, Johnson bit two officers.
Jason G. Reda, 36, of Urbana, was arrested at 9:32 a.m. Friday in the 300 block of West Sunnycrest Court, Urbana, on a charge of criminal sexual assault that occurred between 2:45 a.m. and 3:30 a.m. Nov. 14 outside Merry Ann’s Diner, 1510 S. Neil St., Champaign. The victim, who was acquainted with Reda, reported that he was urinating outside the restaurant when Reda came up from behind him and inappropriately touched him through his clothing.