MASON CITY – A Mason City man was placed behind bars for driving drunk for a third time.
A Cerro Gordo deputy conducted a traffic stop late in the evening of July 30 near 12th Street NE and Illinois Avenue. After an investigation, the driver, 59-year-old Darrell Lee Berding, was arrested for operating while intoxicated. He has previously been arrested by Mason City police and Cerro Gordo deputies for this offense.
Berding was taken to the county jail, booked and released pending a court date.