COLUMBUS, Ind. — A Columbus man is behind bars after attempting to steal a bicycle Thursday morning around 10 a.m., in the 1300 block of Central Avenue.
Kwayshar Booker, 22, of Columbus, and another unidentified man, allegedly came up behind the bicyclist and threatened to steal the bicycle as he was riding it. Booker knocked the victim off the bicycle and both men began to punch him. As police arrived, the victim jumped on the back of a truck to get away from the attackers. Police caught Booker, but a second suspect was able to get away.
Booker has been charged with battery with bodily injury.