FAIRFIELD – A Fairfield tattoo artist is behind bars after allegedly sexually assaulting a patron.

The Fairfield Police Department says that on February 11, officers took a report from a female victim who stated she had scheduled and paid for a tattoo appointment at “Ink Therapy.” During the course of the appointment, the victim reported that she was sexually assaulted by the individual performing the tattoo.

Officers initiated an investigation into the allegations, in which they gathered and reviewed related information, and on February 26, an arrest warrant was requested in connection with the case. The arrest warrant was granted on March 2, and later that same day, officers located 49-year-old Louis Stanley Fitzner II of Ollie, Iowa, and took him into custody without incident.

Fitzner II faces a charge of 3rd Degree Sexual Assault (class C felony) for his alleged actions. He is being held in the Jefferson County Correctional Facility on a $10,000 bond.