OTTUMWA – An Ottumwa man was taken into custody last week after a reported assault in north Ottumwa.

Court records show that on Friday, September 5, at around 4:12pm, 33-year-old Alejandro Mora Coronel was engaged in a violent physical altercation with another individual. During the altercation, Mora Coronel knocked the individual to the ground and then struck them multiple times in the face.

The victim sustained serious injuries that required treatment at a local hospital, including multiple facial fractures and lacerations that required stitches.

Mora Coronel was apprehended on Friday and transported to the Wapello County Jail, where he faces a charge of Willful Injury Causing Serious Injury, a class C felony. He is being held on a $10,000 cash-only bond.