HUTCHINSON, Kan. — A 39-year-old man faces a felony charge of aggravated battery.

Dustin Hippen was charged with aggravated battery after he got into an altercation with a man in the 300 block of East Avenue A in the early morning hours of Dec. 22.

The victim claimed at the time that he was attacked by several males, but only Hippen was arrested from that altercation.

Hippen is free on bond and will be back in court Jan. 9.