MASON CITY – Police caught a wanted man, allegedly intoxicated behind the wheel.
Mason City police and a Cerro Gordo county deputy responded to a rural area near 17624 290 Street on January 29 after midnight for a report of a suspicious subject. As a result, police conducted a traffic stop and investigated the driver, 38-year-old Ted William Cordle of Mason City. He was found to be wanted on a warrant in connection to a felony domestic assault he was convicted of last year. He was also wanted on an arrest warrant out of Worth county for possession of a firearm as a felon. In addition, police found Cordle to be intoxicated. He was then arrested on the warrant and a charge of first-offense operating while intoxicated.
Cordle was taken to the county jail, where he remains held on bond, awaiting court dates.
