Police: Heavily Intoxicated Man in Yellow Safety Vest Tried to Force His Way into Iowa City Apartments

An Iowa City man clad in a yellow safety vest startled some residents on Van Buren Street early this morning when he attempted to force his way into their apartments.

At 2:29 a.m. officers were called to 415 S. Van Buren Street for the report of a man in a yellow safety vest attempting to enter various apartments including that of the caller.

When police arrived they found Matthew Mahesh Seiter, 36, of Iowa City, wearing the described safety vest, and appearing heavily intoxicated, with bloodshot watery eyes, slurred speech, smelled heavily of ingested alcohol, and appeared very confused according to an Iowa City Police criminal complaint.

Seiter told police that he had had several drinks and was on his way home from "Old Capitol." Seiter was allegedly too intoxicated to explain his presence at the apartment complex or why he was wearing a yellow traffic vest. A search of Seiter's person revealed a small amount of marijuana.

Seiter was charged with public intoxication and possession of drug paraphernalia, both minor misdemeanors, and was booked into the Johnson County Jail. He was released from incarceration at about 9:00 a.m. this morning, according to online jail records.