STRAWBERRY POINT, Iowa (KCRG) - An Iowa man is facing a harassment charge after police say he confronted a city worker over yard waste.

A criminal complaint says James A. Hutchinson confronted a Strawberry Point public works employee as he was picking up brush and yard waste in town. Police say Hutchinson had left out yard waste for collection but had not properly prepared it for pick-up so it went uncollected.

Hutchinson then tracked down the worker and used his vehicle to block the city dump truck in a driveway. Strawberry Point Police say Hutchinson then confronted the worker, asking him to fight and calling him vulgar names before eventually driving away.

Hutchinson is now charged with harassment of a public employee, a simple misdemeanor.

The city responded, saying that incident i

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