Kropf brothers await transport to prison
MASON CITY – Two local men who had been allowed to remain on the streets for over a year while using their lawyer to plea bargain their original charges to lesser offenses with the prosecution were unable to avoid prison sentences at a sentencing hearing that had been rescheduled at least once.
Brandon and Jared Kropf had been out on bail since April 3rd, 2011 for the assaults against two men which caused one of the victims to be seriously injured requiring intensive care at St. Mary’s in Rochester after allegedly using bats and crowbars on April 3rd, 2011.
At sentencing on July 10th Assistant Chief Judge James M. Drew sentenced both men to the maximum of up to five years in prison on one amended class “D” felony charge of willful injury causing bodily injury each.
Judge Drew ordered Brandon and Jared Kropf to jointly pay $14,573.82 related to their victim’s medical bills. As part of the plea agreement Judge Drew dismissed one of two class “C” felony charges of willful injury causing serious injury against Brandon.
Originally both men faced class “C” felony charges of willful injury causing serious injury, one count against Jared and two counts against Brandon. On Tuesday, May 8th 2012, Senior Judge Paul Riffel approved an application to amend class “C” felony charges of willful injury causing serious injury to lesser class “D” felony charges. The original class “C” felony charges of willful injury causing serious injury originally filed could have carried up to 10 years in prison under Iowa Code.
Jared has already been to prison once and was still on parole at the time of the assaults. Both have extensive criminal records dating back to multiple juvenile offenses.
Jared Kropf
Brandon Kropf
SUBJECTS ARE INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY.
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iknewit
July 17, 2012 at 5:35 pm
Yeah they are about as good as a wet pile of horse shit!
klinkyh
July 18, 2012 at 3:15 pm
Garey Kropf their dad ??
anonymous
July 16, 2012 at 1:00 pm
No one said they feel sorry for Jay, he got what was coming and so will these two druggies that beat people up. If you think they have never beat someone that didn’t do anything you are a liar
LCSR
July 13, 2012 at 5:52 am
Wonderful kids, past record speaks for itself are you people delusional.Blame anyone blame mother is her name Vicki and hell nows where there father is.Maybe this saved their lives,look what happen too their bother Charlie and his poor choice he made.
former MC resident
July 12, 2012 at 9:18 pm
Do the state a favor………wipe MC off the map!
Anonymous
July 12, 2012 at 1:19 pm
They are two wonderful men. In situations that escalate out of control bad things usually happen. If the threat of being shot by the “victim” is not reason enough to beat him up Idk what is and he played the part good. These boys are two amazing people who are getting an extremely bad wrap but a lot of people love and are loved by them and we know.
Gma Jean
July 12, 2012 at 6:12 pm
Youre so right. They are good boys that are wrongfully accused.
anonymous
July 13, 2012 at 2:16 pm
Wonderful men always go to prison twice. POS that start shit all the time. I hope this doesn’t save thier lives the world will be a better place without them.
Shutta
July 15, 2012 at 1:40 pm
They are good kids. I don’t care what they’re record says, I knew them. They should get a medal for handing a well known dope dealer & violent criminal his @$$. No I do not feel sorry for a man who let a violent drugged out life & got a beat down, oh well.
Anonymous
July 12, 2012 at 8:05 am
the cops in this town have no back bone thiey sit and hide at night when all the trouble is going down. just the other night i saw a mcpd officer up on 12th st by ld’s bar just sitting their doing nothing has kids were speeding by i pulled in and asked him what he was doing he said he was reading a damn book what the hell ever happen to server and protect the people um
Anonymous
July 12, 2012 at 1:05 am
it wasn’t jay with pete Gomez when he got killed, ACTUALLY jay’s brother Jesse was with Pete’s brother nick when he was murdered at Monroe school over changing of a song at a party….
Peter L
July 12, 2012 at 1:15 pm
Panny-thong-sigh-sue-vong (Panythong Sysuvong) was his name. I went to Monroe School at the time and remember the incident well. The Laotians had to split town after that. They lived on the block over across the street on Washington. It was too bad because the Vietnamese girls were quiet and well mannered,and had nothing to do with their gang banging cousins. That incident was the first time anyone had been murdered during my life. It was shocking.
RWB
July 17, 2012 at 5:21 pm
Remember that as well, shocking for MC at the time, not so much these days; they lived a few houses down from where you grew up.
Anonymous
July 11, 2012 at 10:56 pm
Mason City is a giant shit hole(and getting worse), I lived there for 2 years while attending NIACC and got out of there as fast as possible.
Seriously???
July 11, 2012 at 9:10 pm
Pete Gomez died? Really? You mean Nick Gomez and it was not Jay who was with him, it was Jesse. And none of that had anything to do with this story. These guys deserve everything that they get. Punks that have to use weapons, cause they couldn’t do it with man to man. Punks. Hopefully they don’t make it out prison 2 less people my taxes have to pay for.
dandydon
July 11, 2012 at 7:06 pm
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA….
Criminals beating on criminals and people are commenting pro vs. con (pardon the pun) HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA….
This type of conversation isn’t worthy of valuable oxygen nor finger strength typing blogs.
FACE IT PEOPLE, evil is out there and if they want to “get after it” to control the weak minded, have at it. Because when they venture to near the good, they will be handled. One way or the other. HAHAHAHA.
Anonymous
July 11, 2012 at 6:57 pm
It’s really sad how the justice system works. If you write a bad check you get 25yrs but if you beat a man so bad that hes unable to take care of himself you get UP TO 5 yrs. Well thats Mason City for ya. However, its not the town its whose in office. If it aint right fix it and stop voting in the ididots that are now in office. The victim and the perps may be no good to who ever has an opionion about them but one things forsure…..Theres at least 3 people who are criminals that are off the streets for a little while whether its for life or a few years. Now is the time to take the rest off the street. Start recording crimes being done, everybody now adays have cell phones with cameras on them. If you tired of it take over your streets. 2 wrongs dont make a right so dont do what theyve done but fight back with cameras and report it right away…..Come on guys take your city back…..
Hmmmmmmmmm
July 11, 2012 at 6:49 pm
Someone should have paid the Kropf boys for the beating, Jay has been going around bullying people for years and he finally gets his and everyone thinks these guys are public enemy no.1.
Mason City Father
July 11, 2012 at 6:53 pm
You may be right about Jay being a bully. I don’t know him personally. However I don’t want trailer trash like this running these streets anymore. So I, along with the majority of Mason City are happy to see them go for a little vacation. Sorry that your buddies, or neighbor or family members are going away. Or maybe you or a loved one took an beating from Jay at one time. Who knows. But theres a difference between a bully, who does things one on one, and these cowards who were salty that someone was putting it to their wife while they were out doing meth….as said previously….TWO DOWN MASON CITY!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hmmmmmmmmm
July 11, 2012 at 6:59 pm
No, I don’t know these boys and there has never been any personal encounters or friends or family. You just see the guy around and watch him bully people and think to yourself man someday that guy is gonna get it. Then he does and everyone feels sorry for the guy.
LCSR
July 11, 2012 at 6:24 pm
You defend these guys for what they did, you are just as big of an idiot as them, then to use real name.Dumb,stupid,bottom feeders you show your education.
Agreed
July 11, 2012 at 6:56 pm
I agree. Lets get the out of town dope dealers and all these wannabe whiteboy thug meth heads to leave. I want my town back.
suguesstions
July 11, 2012 at 6:16 pm
Since when is Pete Gomez dead? I swear he was out mowing his lawn yesterday! whoever thought that had anything to do with this story is about as dumb as these two idiot lowlife Kroft kids. blogs like this and NI mugshots are reason enough to break someones back with a bat! Pathetic
Mason City Father
July 11, 2012 at 6:16 pm
I really enjoy reading some of “Mason City’s Trashiest” on here commenting saying that the guy they beat was worse. So they are hero’s? lol. They level of some of the inbreed trash around here still manages to astonish me. First of all, wasn’t this Jay guy beat because he was sleeping with one of these rejects wives? Don’t think it was drugs. And secondly, I don’t know Jays previous record or these BOYS previous record but I know one thing, if someone beat your loved one into a paraplegiac, you would want to see them get more than a five year minimum.
Anonymous
July 11, 2012 at 10:13 pm
Where did you get the idea that Jay Barrientes is now “a paraplegiac”? He is not. The story does not even mention his name (for obvious reasons), let alone saying he is “a paraplegiac”.
Anonymous
July 11, 2012 at 5:52 pm
The person they beat was a bigger looser than them. Remember him he was with the guy who shot the two St Paul police officers, and was with pete gomez when he was killed. Trouble attracts trouble.
RWB
July 17, 2012 at 5:15 pm
That “guy” is Guy Harvey Baker
DeAnne Rinnels
July 11, 2012 at 5:40 pm
What about the other two guys involved in the beating?? Nothing for them? Unbelievable!! I smell a rat!
Shutta
July 11, 2012 at 5:25 pm
I really think the person they beat should be going to prison too….. for DRUGS!!!! 44 year old hanging out with 20 some year olds?? Can we say drug dealers?
mc
July 12, 2012 at 1:06 pm
Not even hanging out, 44 year old man with a buddy trying to be some little pos’s muscle because he can not take a punch so when it beomes two on two in a fight against a known violent man who has shot at people before and they are yelling about having a gun I think it would become a bit life threating and the stakes would change. But yet these two boys get all the bad wrap and punishment even though the guy claimed lifetime impairment after the set deal he has reappeared all the sudden in the community seemingly fine.
Gma Jean
July 11, 2012 at 5:22 pm
This is sad. I would babysit these boys, they don’t deserve this. They’re nice young men.
really?
July 11, 2012 at 5:56 pm
Wow! These two are nice guys and didn’t deserve what they got? You are partialy right. They deserve the same thing that they gave out. They are cowards and I hope that they try that tuff guy stuff in PRISON, they will die there. They almost killed someone! This is the problem with society! You think these two guys are nice just because you babysat them as kids! I am at a loss for words right now. Get a clue these two are criminals and our legal system has failed us once again. The walked the streets causing trouble for people the whole time the were free on bond. One has already been to prison. Lock them up and throw away the key along with anyone who supports them. I boo you, you should be ashamed!
Anonymous
July 11, 2012 at 7:15 pm
U mean they where once nice boys
klinkyh
July 18, 2012 at 2:57 pm
Related to Garey Kropf???
rukidding
July 11, 2012 at 3:52 pm
They need to be put away for alot longer then 5 years. Anybody that would hit a person with a bat and continue hitting them when they are already down is a coward and should be put away so they dont hurt other people in the community
Peter L
July 11, 2012 at 2:48 pm
They have stone cold smirks on their faces. Brutal assault leading to paraplegia (I looked up the spelling) is worth 15 years in actual prison time at least.
LVS
July 11, 2012 at 3:58 pm
Thanks for the spelling lesson. I thought the message might be more important than the spelling. Overall, I do pretty well for a uneducated yanky guy.
Peter L
July 11, 2012 at 4:15 pm
“an uneducated yankee guy…” is what you meant to say. Now if you could just get your politics straightened out concerning Obama, you may not be half bad LVS.
Anonymous
July 11, 2012 at 10:23 pm
You not only got the spelling wrong, you got the message wrong, too. He is NOT a paraplegic.
LVS
July 12, 2012 at 3:19 pm
I was told by a relative that he was an parapelgic. I have not seen him. Another nephew went to school with him and said he was a great guy. I worked with him for awhile and know he was pretty bright. I never did see him bully anyone and he was always good with me. I don’t care what he did he doesn’t deserve to be crippled for life if he is. If he was sleeping with one of their wives they should have been mad at her. From what I have heard from a whole bunch of people that know the two druggies that they are a real POS.
FormerMCresident
July 11, 2012 at 2:45 pm
Well two down, and a lot more to go!! If anyone ever wants Mason City back the way it used to be, get rid of all the meth heads, and crack heads!!! Most of the “D boy’s” that cause problems, are there because they are making money from the crack heads. Thats the ONLY REASON! Now get rid of the worthless drug addicts (sad the cops are doing nothing to clean up our town.) I could go back to Mason City now and show them almost EVERY house they are at (so why is it sooooo hard for the cops?? Because they dont care, thats why!) They think busting people for Marijuana or for stupid kids paint balling things, is more important? They are wrong. There is waaay more crack and meth going around this town than they think. And they need to stop it!! And the Kropf boys are as worthless as you can get! Look at them!! All meth’ed out in their mugshot, they will be out of prison in 8mo. and then doing the same thing again!! Makes me sick!! Thats why I left the hell hole 5mo ago. It will NEVER change!!
Observer
July 11, 2012 at 6:28 pm
“I could go back to Mason City now and show them almost EVERY house they are at (so why is it sooooo hard for the cops?? Because they dont care, thats why!) They think busting people for Marijuana or for stupid kids paint balling things, is more important? They are wrong. There is waaay more crack and meth going around this town than they think.”
There is a legal problem here, it’s called probable cause. And for that, one requires evidence of a crime.
Now you say you do not live here. So how can you be so sure a crime has been, or is being perpetrated where you say they are? Just because you say there is criminal activity, does not make it so, and as such, would not stand up in court.
As far as the case of the paintballs. They destroyed peoples property. Now if you were one of their victims, how would you feel if the police patted them on the back and let them go without any charges filed?
I think you and Mrs. S need to get together and make a list of laws our Police should ignore. See how that works out for the community.
FormerMCresident
July 11, 2012 at 7:43 pm
I never said that paint balling and other crimes should get a slap on the wrist! But they need to pay more attention to the worse crimes going on there! And I know every little thing that happens there. I read it everyday on these sites, and over half my family lives in Mason City. No one would know of them tho because they dont do bad, and are good in the community. And I am almost 98% sure the cops have lots of cases on these meth heads and crack heads, but choosing not to do anything about it. The reason is what?? Ohhh I know! Too much money for the city or state to prosecute or lock them up, is all. And they say crime has went down bahahaha yea down the f***ing drain!!! Thats why I left the shit hole, wish my family could have left too but Im luckier then they were. And You sticking up for some low lifes must make you one yourself, is that it?? :-)
Observer
July 14, 2012 at 9:22 am
“And You sticking up for some low lifes must make you one yourself, is that it??”
I do not stick up for criminals, but for the criminal justice system. It is based upon laws, guarantees, and protections set forth in our Constitution.
I want our Police to investigate crimes, all of them, no matter how small it may be. And as far as I can tell, they do just that. While what these two chaps have done may be serious, cases of fraud and identity theft for example, are just as important. Especially to the victims. That in two cases I am familiar with, our Police have brought justice, tells me they are doing the right thing.
Not all investigations are handled by patrolmen. We have a group of investigators who’s job it is to gather evidence of crimes in order to make a case. They also use other resources such as N. Central Iowa Narcotics Task Force, and DCI. These investigations can cover a lot of geography at times.
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July 12, 2012 at 12:51 pm
Weird how your main statement/concern seems to be about meth heads n crack heads when the only correlation to that in this article seems to be that they are charged with assaulting one very prominent person when it comes to the meth/violence game
LVS
July 11, 2012 at 2:31 pm
I understand the young man who was beaten is now a paraphalegic (not sure of spelling) for life and these creeps get only up to 5 years. What kind of B.S. is that? They should get 20 years a least.
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July 12, 2012 at 12:44 pm
To clarify the. Younge man was an older man who required hospitalization but is now back in the community at least the bars, and is able to continue his normal routine which included an extensive criminal record (one involving a shooting of a cop) notorious beatings of multiple people.
Cornfeild Justice
July 11, 2012 at 2:07 pm
I can completely understand the outrage that some folks may have about this, however, I am relieved to find out the Judge Drew handed out these sentences instead of our cities “well known” female judge who simply hands out slaps on the wrist for a simple snitch. So even tho both of these boys may not have gotten all of the time they should have gotten, something is better than nothin!
Mason City Father
July 11, 2012 at 2:19 pm
We shouldn’t have to settle for “Better than nothing”, but I do understand what your saying. But it just baffles me. What will the judge feel when they are released early and kill someone next time?
LCSR
July 11, 2012 at 1:33 pm
Been to prison once B4 what a slow learners. What’s up Jared came back to get Brandon, what idiots.
Citizen
July 11, 2012 at 1:22 pm
I would be willing to take a swing or two at both of the brothers. Bring on the crowbars and bats.
Mason City Father
July 11, 2012 at 12:59 pm
Good. Get the scum off our streets. They should have been locked away for twenty years! Maybe then they might learn. But instead, they get five years for a brutal assault? I’m sick of this. Let’s get these judges out of there. I want pieces of garbage like this being being prosecuted to the FULLEST EXTENT OF THE LAW!!!!!!!!!
Justice
July 11, 2012 at 1:50 pm
It’s not necessarily even 5 years, it says UP TO 5 years, anyone want to bet that they get out before 5 years.
Anonymous
July 11, 2012 at 2:22 pm
Under a year probly. Isnt a violent crime with weapons suposed to 70% of the prison sentence? Or is that just rapists and bank robbers, who get pleaded down to the half way house here in town anyway? Cant understand this town, why charge someone for a horrible, terrible crime, and you know they did it, only to plead it down to nothing? Seems every crime in this town, no matter how serious, ends up in beje or under a year in jail.
TRUTH
August 14, 2012 at 8:55 pm
Now are you talking MCPD, who remind me of Mayberry RFD, or the REAL law.