One University student was arrested and warrants will be sought for another student after a fight at a downtown Athens bar early Saturday left a man with severe eye damage.

According to an Athens-Clarke County police report:

The fight began inside Flanagan’s bar when Jeffrey Allen Stovall, a senior from Suwanee, tried to take a female’s purse and bar employees intervened. Stovall grabbed a glass and hit Flanagan’s employee and University junior Guilherme Villarinho in the eye, shattering the glass and “causing severe damage” to Villarinho’s eye. Stovall’s fingers were also cut.

Stovall and his friends then ran out of the bar and down Clayton Street toward College Avenue. Several employees chased Stovall and a fight broke out between the two groups.

When an officer arrived, Andrew Jordan Stipe, a junior from Suwanee, and an unidentified male were on the ground fighting. The officer attempted to turn over Stipe to handcuff him when Stovall hit the officer.

The officer punched Stovall, who fell to the ground and then began to run away. A witness chased Stovall and held him down until an ambulance arrived.

Stovall and Villarinho were transported by ambulance to Athens Regional Medical Center for their injuries.

Stipe, who hit the officer several times when he was being handcuffed, was charged with simple battery of a law enforcement officer, disorderly conduct and underage possession of alcohol. When contacted by The Red & Black Monday, Stipe declined to comment.

Warrants will be obtained at a later date for Stovall for aggravated assault, simple battery and disorderly conduct. Efforts by The Red & Black to reach Stovall on Monday were unsuccessful.

This is not the first time Flanagan’s was involved in a fight that included students and violence with glass objects. Two years ago, then-University student Kristin Necochea hit a bartender across the face with a 16-ounce mug, police said. She was found guilty of simple assault in a jury trial in October of this year.