Overview
- U.S. Marshals arrested 50-year-old Brian Anthony Williams Tuesday at Miss B’s Coconut Club in Mission Beach and placed him in federal custody.
- Williams faces Scott County charges from October 2012 including first-degree kidnapping, assault causing serious injury, conspiracy to commit a felony and first-degree arson, plus an unlawful flight charge.
- Investigators say Williams lived in San Diego under the name "Troy Williams," worked for about a decade as the restaurant’s head chef and appeared in local TV and print profiles.
- Authorities developed information in September and used those public media appearances to confirm the match before making the arrest, officials said.
- Coworkers said they were stunned after learning his alleged past; Williams is awaiting extradition to Iowa where prosecutors are expected to resume the 2012 case and schedule initial court proceedings.