MASON CITY – At 3:59 a.m. Sunday morning Mason City police responded to a report of a domestic argument at 933 Jackson Ave North in Mason City. As a result of an investigation by police on scene 32-year-old Joshua Michael Homan charged with a class D felony count of 3rd or subsequent domestic abuse assault and transported to the Cerro Gordo County Jail.
Court records show Homan has been convicted six times in the past twelve years of domestic assaults, avoiding prison time through the court system with a series of plea bargains and amended charges.
Iowa has passed special legislating in which a defendant convicted of a 3rd offense domestic must serve no less than one year and up to five years in prison. With six convictions Homan has never pled guilty to a third offense, as plea bargains have allowed him to get the charges amended to multiple 2nd offenses to avoid the special provisions under a 3rd offense conviction.
Tracking the online records of his arrest the following was found:
Homan was arrested in August 1999 in Chickasaw Count on one count of simple domestic abuse assault. In December of 1999 he was acquitted of the charge.
Homan was again arrest in October 1999 by Mason City police on one count of serious domestic abuse assault. In January 2000 he was found guilty and sentenced to 3 days in jail.
Homan was again arrested in March of 2000 by Mason City police on one count of 2nd offense domestic assault. In May of 2000 he pled guilty to an amended charge of serious domestic abuse assault and received a 120 day jail sentence with 96 days suspended and one year probation.
Homan was again arrested in May of 2002 by Mason City police on one count of 2nd offense domestic assault. In August of 2002 he was found guilty of 2nd offense domestic abuse assault and received 2 days in jail, a 2 year suspended prison sentence, and 2 years of probation.
Homan was again arrested in June 2004 in Bremer County on one count of felony 3rd offense domestic abuse assault and one count of serious domestic abuse assault. In October 2004 he pled guilty to an amended charge of 2nd offense domestic abuse assault and the serious domestic abuse assault charge was dismissed. As a result he was sentenced to a residential treatment facility and again received a 2 year suspended prison sentence.
Homan was again arrested in June of 2007 by Mason City police on one count of serious domestic abuse assault and one count of obstruction of emergency communications. In June of 2008 he entered a negotiated voluntary plea of guilty to 2nd offense domestic abuse assault and the obstruction of emergency communications was dismissed by the courts. As a result he was sentenced to I year in jail with all but 90 days suspended and 2 years of probation.
Homan was again arrested in June 2010 by Mason City police on one class D felony count of 3rd or subsequent offense domestic abuse assault. In October 2010 he entered a negotiated voluntary plea of guilty to 2nd offense domestic abuse assault. As a result he was sentenced to complete residential treatment at Beje Clark, a 2 year suspended prison sentence, and 2 years of probation. In April 2011 he was found guilty of a probation violation after failing a drug test while at Beje Clark. As a result of the probation violation the 2 year prison sentence was imposed. Court records show he arrived in the custody of the Iowa Department of Corrections on April 27th but was released from prison by July 7th.
Homan has since been released from the Cerro Gordo County Jail pending further court proceedings and a no contact protective order has been issued.
18 thoughts on “Mason City man faces 7th domestic assault charge following Sunday morning arrest”
DOES THIS LOSER WORK ON CARS AT 12TH AND S FEDERAL HE LOOKS LIKE THIS LOSER MECHANIC
TIME TO GET RID OF THE BITCH DUDE
I do not understand how this man got off with all these charges. If that was anyone else the courts would want to throw the books at them. What kind of law is this. I do not understand how that could be.
Way to stay on top of current events.
I’m sure he will get another slap on the wrist and back on the streets. This seems to happen alot lately.
To say that this guy doesn’t do well with relationships could be considered a gross understatement! Wouldn’t you agree?
I would not want to be any of the judges who signed my name to any of these plea bargains once this guy finally injures or kills someone. Our court system is enabling this guy’s behavior. Nothing is going to stop him from beating women except incarceration. We need to build more prisons for these types of people. They have no place in our society.
Plea bargain suck. A person can be innocent, but take the plea bargain instead of the chance of being found guilty or the person’s guilty and don’t get punished for the crime they actually committed.
This guy should be strung up and every judge and County Attorney who aided and abetted him should be hung up beside him.
Well, this guy is getting his due, another bully, he’ll meet some others just like him, and maybe turn his life around
This guy is a lunatic. He brought a gun to Newman Middle School in 1992 and got expelled.
This is my son’s step-father. What a real winner huh? And she keeps taking him back and defending him.
She must be desparate. You would think the welfare of your son would be the most important thing to her. I hope your son does not live in this household.
Good thing you went with the “Anonymous” name so nobody could figure out who you are.
Have you thought of trying to get your son out of the enviroment?
Are you for real? Don’t you think that that’s exactly what I am doing? Look how well the court system has worked for keeping this P.O.S. locked up. You can imagine how well it works for trying to remove a child. I got 50% custody and will now try to fight for more. But the system is failing.
What a douche!!! He needs to face the music. No more plea bargains for this guy I hope.
He must really be tough if he beat up that many women, or his wife/girl friend is. She/they need help too. Lock him up, is right…..
This guy is going to kill someone if he isn’t taken off the sreets.