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Fugitive Missouri drug trafficker arrested at Mason City Bar

MASON CITY – According to an incident report early Saturday morning, two Mason City police officers observed two subjects creating a disturbance at Alley Katz bar, 1341 North Federal Ave. Law enforcement arrested Eric Hatch, age 32, reportedly of Iowa City and another man who identified himself as Dewon Laster, age 22, of Mason City.  (UPDATE: Eric Hatch was later found not guilty.)

Both men were transported to Cerro Gordo County jail on one charge each of disorderly conduct, a simple misdemeanor.

While the men were being booked into the jail an unidentified person called the law enforcement complex asking about the arrest and asked about a Tommie Laster.

Law enforcement identified the man who had identified himself as Dewon Laster as actually being Tommie Deon Laster, age 21, wanted in Missouri for violation of probation in a felony 2nd degree drug trafficking conviction. Tommie was then charged with providing false identification information, a simple misdemeanor.

Court records show while a resident of Detroit, Michigan, a grand jury indicted Tommie Laster for trafficking drugs into St. Louis from another state. Laster plea bargained a suspended imposition in the case in which he received probation and the crime would not go on his record as long as he completed his three year probation term successfully. If Laster violated probation the courts could impose a similar jail sentence.

Court records show on October 4th a judge in Missouri issued an arrest warrant after being notified Tommie Laster had violated at least two conditions of his probation. The warrant orders Tommie be returned to the court in St. Louis or post a $10,000 cash only bond.

Tommie Laster pled guilty to both misdemeanor charges at his initial appearance at the jail Saturday. Laster remains in the custody of the Cerro Gordo County Sheriff on the Missouri warrant pending bond or extradition.

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