Cops break up fight at North End rental house

MASON CITY – Police were called to break up a fight at a North End rental house this week and two men were arrested.

An emergency call was made early in the morning of September 14, at 5:51 AM to report that two men were fighting outside a house located at 7 15th Street NE. Police arrived and separated the two men involved. After an investigation, Brandon Javon Mitchell, age 18, and Leon Johnathan Walker, age 45 – both residents of the house – were placed under arrest.

Mithell was charged with disorderly conduct – fighting and immediately pled guilty the next day. He was assessed $195.00 in fines and court costs and released from jail.

Walker was charged with disorderly conduct and pled not guilty. He is now awaiting a September 29 trial. He was released from jail.

Police marked the house as a “founded case” under the city’s nuisance code due to the call for service.