The accountant who was appointed by a judge nearly a year ago to fix the City of Bogalusa's troubled finances has been issued a summons following a "physical altercation" at a Bogalusa restaurant in September.

Robert "Bob" Neilson, 78, is now scheduled to appear in court on Dec. 16 on one count of simple battery, court records show. The misdemeanor charge stems from an altercation that occurred on September 11 at La Sabrosa, a Mexican and Honduran restaurant on South Columbia Street in Bogalusa, according to police records.

Neilson, an accountant with offices in Bogalusa and Covington, was appointed by a state judge in February to serve as Bogalusa’s fiscal administrator, after the state found the city had insufficient revenue to cover its expenditures.

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