Jose Meza, 23, of Lakeshore Drive was arrested early Sunday in connection with a fight on the dance floor at Jerzees Sports Bar on East Clayton Street, Athens-Clarke County police said.
An officer was in the establishment on an unrelated matter at about 1:30 a.m. when he saw some males fighting and went to assist a Jerzees employee who was trying to break up the altercation, police said.
Meza was said by police to have reached over the officer from behind and punched one of the males who were still fighting.
He was charged with disorderly conduct.
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