Officer injured in brawl at children’s restaurant

Zach Tillison. Photo courtesy of Columbus Police Department.

A Columbus man was arrested after a brawl at a children’s restaurant over the weekend that injured a police officer.

Police were called to the Chuck E. Cheese on North National Road at about 12:45 p.m. Saturday afternoon after a man was discovered unconscious in a booth with an unsupervised small child in the restaurant.

Police tried to administer Narcan to the man, 33-year-old Zacheriah A. Tillison of Hope, but Tillison became combative says Lt. Matt Harris, spokesman for the city police. During the struggle, an officer injured their knee.

After Tillison was subdued, he was taken to Columbus Regional Hospital to be checked out and then taken to the Bartholomew County Jail. He is facing preliminary charges of resisting law enforcement, public intoxication and child neglect.

The officer was treated for the knee injury and released.

The 4-year-old girl was released to her mother.