by Kelly Elbert –
MASON CITY – Charges have been filed against a Mason City man after he escaped from BeJe Clark residential facility and was captured in the same day.
Jamie Alan Roggeman, 39, of Mason City was arrested Wednesday, January 25th and charged with voluntary absence for escaping BeJe Clark.
Roggeman’s charges stem from an incident in 2011 in which an intoxicated Roggeman reported a dead body floating in the Winnebago River in East Park in the early morning hours of Tuesday, April 26th. Upon investigating, police and fireman did not discover a body, but only a scattering of cans and a basketball floating in the dam with an intoxicated Roggeman still on the scene.
Roggeman was arrested for public intoxication third offense and interference with official acts.
On August 8th, 2011, Judge Gerald Magee sentenced Roggeman to 365 days probation and a suspended prison sentence of 2 years for the two counts. He was also sentenced to 7 days in jail and a suspended fine of $625 on the condition of no new criminal activity for one year.
On August 28th, just 17 days after his sentencing, he was found to be in violation of his probation and was sentenced to attend the Beje Clark Residential Facility by Judge Carlynn Grupp.
SUBJECT IS INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY.
