IOWA CITY - A Davenport man pleaded guilty Wednesday to breaking into an Iowa City abortion clinic and assaulting a worker.

William Owens-Holst, 32, is awaiting sentencing for third-degree burglary and simple assault.

According to a police report, Owens-Holst tried to get in the Emma Goldman Clinic on May 16 to "break the fingers of the abortion doctors so they couldn't kill babies."

Owens-Holst grabbed a female employee by her neck, pushed her against a vehicle and threw her cell phone to the ground, the report says. The employee was not injured and later called police as Owens-Holst smashed a second-floor window to get inside administrative offices before the clinic began seeing patients.

Police say they negotiated with Owens-Holst for about five minutes before he agreed to leave the building.

A sentencing hearing was not immediately set. Prosecutor Michael Brennan said he will recommend that Owens-Holst receive a five-year suspended sentence on the burglary charge and 30 days in jail for the assault, which would be cleared by time previously served, along with five years of probation. Defense attorneys said they will seek a deferred judgment.