MASON CITY – A convicted Sheffield felon has been sent to jail for two alcohol-related offenses he committed last summer.
Shawn William Armstrong, age 43 of Sheffield, was arrested in downtown Mason City after 9 PM on June 9, 2016. Police encountered him near 20 West State Street in an intoxicated state. He was taken to jail on a charge of aggravated misdemeanor third or subsequent offense public intoxication.
Then, on June 14, 2016, Armstrong was stopped while driving in Cerro Gordo county by a state patrol trooper. After an investigation at the stop, he was arrested on a charge of second-offense operating while under the influence.
Finally, Armstrong pled guilty to second-offense operating while under the influence. He was sentenced to 18 months of probation, 365 days in jail with 335 suspended, and ordered to pay $2,791.25 in fines and court fees while his license is revoked. A concurrent 30-day jail sentence was added for the public intoxication crime, and he must pay an additional $964.75 in fines and court fees.
In 2014, Armstrong was sent to an Iowa prison in connection with a felony theft charge from 2011 in which he stole a car and drove drunk. He had violated his probation several times before a judge finally sent him to prison for a sentence of up to 5 years. He went to prison on November 21, 2014 and was released April 14, 2015.
43?
That’s about the same number of times he’s been arrested for public intox, fighting and drunken domestics in the last 5 years.