(Michigan City, IN) - A dispute over religion at a bar near Michigan City’s lakefront exploded into several people fighting along with an arrest.

 

Blake Schoiber, 24, of Michigan City was still being held in the La Porte County Jail on $755 bond after the early Tuesday brawl.

 

According to police, several customers at Matey’s told officers a verbally aggressive Schoiber had been wanting to fight several people disagreeing with his belief in Jesus.

 

When customers were informed the bar was closing for the night, Schoiber exchanged words with the bartender and was escorted outside where he began peddling away on a bicycle, police said.

 

However, police said the investigation indicates Schoiber hopped off the two wheeler and walked over to people in the parking lot, asking “who wants some.”

 

There were punches landed and, when officers arrived, Schroiber had a man in a headlock, police said.

 

Police said Schoiber was also very combative toward officers forcing them to place restraints around his wrists and ankles.

 

He was booked on charges of battery to a public safety official and other counts like disorderly conduct and public intoxication.