Terry Bernard Ball Jr., 28, of Simmons Street was arrested early Friday after an officer reportedly saw him punch another man in the face for no apparent reason.
Athens-Clarke County police said the incident began at about 1 a.m. when the officer went to a residence in the 200 block of Arch Street on a woman’s complaint that she wanted Ball off of her property. After finishing a beer he was holding, Ball appeared to be leaving the property when he reportedly hauled off on the other man, according to police, at which time he was arrested for public intoxication.
The recipient of the punch declined to press charges, police said, but the officer who witnessed it arrested Ball for public intoxication.