CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA (AP) -- Police in Cedar Rapids have not commented publicly on what started a fistfight that killed a recent arrival from Georgia last week, but they have charged 28-year-old Henry Rogers with involuntary manslaughter in the death.
Court records indicate that Rogers has an extensive criminal history, including at least 48 arrests in Cedar Rapids since 1999. Most of them are for assault and some of them involve weapons.
Police say Rogers punched 35-year-old Dustin "Dusty" Davis once in the face on the night of July 6, causing him to fall and strike his head. They say Rogers, who had moved to Cedar Rapids from Commerce, Ga., about a month earlier, died a day later at an Iowa City hospital.
Authorities did not indicate whether Rogers had an attorney.
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