by Jody Spear and Kelly Meyer –
RURAL MASON CITY – A Clear Lake man was arrested Sunday morning for multiple offenses following a vehicle rollover.
At about 3:45 AM, Mason City police and Cerro Gordo County sheriff’s deputies were in search of a single vehicle rollover. It was reported the girlfriend of the driver of the car, Alex Meyer, 21, had received a call saying he was in an accident and stuck in his vehicle. His phone then went dead.
With the little information that was given by the caller, it took authorities only about 10-15 minutes to find the scene of the accident. Meyer’s car had rolled over into a cornfield on 285th Street, close to Killdeer Avenue.
Meyer’s mother, who was at the scene of the accident said, “We were scared, his phone went dead and we didn’t know where he was. He couldn’t get his seat belt off and he was stuck. He’s okay though.”
The contents of the car were lying, scattered in the ditch. A Mason City Police officer, Mike Lillquist, was rounding up all his belongs.
“I asked if I could get his tools,” said his mother “He needs them for school.” Officer Lillquist informed her it was okay to take what she wanted.
Meyer was arrested by Cerro Gordo County sheriff’s deputies after a sobriety test and according to online reports, charged with OWI 1st offense, failure to maintain control, speeding, and no insurance.
Mason City police assisted at the scene.
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As alexs father I hate to see him in this situation i myself have been in.He is such a hard working good kid that it has made me so proud of his acheivements he has done.Is it his parents fault?Yes in a lot of ways.I am a recovering addict and returned from a 2 month program in sandieago recently and will be sober 1 year in december.I hope you people will have compassion for people with problems you are lucky enough not to have. dan Meyer
This is a problem I can relate to. I lost my first husband to drunk driving. He had came out of vietnam scarred from all he had been through and drinking was his exscape. His parents turned their heads and blamed everyone else. He met and married me and I became the drinking reason,I tried to get him help but nothing seemed to help, a person won’t get help till they figure out what the issues are. His last statement was this will be the last time I drink. It was, he left behind a wife and two small kids. Fortunately he only killed himself in the accident. This young man needs help but only he can do it for himself.
I find it hard to believe how some of you think! What if this kid was YOUR kid???? What if??? Wouldnt you thoroughly ENJOY the hell out of reading what ignorant people have to say about the situation??? Im sure Id be pretty pissed off! Not only at idiots…but at my son for making bad choices and not thinking before he decided to drive! At myself for somehow failing my son! Im pretty certain this family and this young man are going through alot right now! Why not keep your negativity and shitty comments to yourself???? You cant, right? Its just way too damn hard to read an artical without being nosey, cutting some kid down, and being ignorant! It seems that some of you really really actually DO get off on someone elses pain!!! Cute! There will be a day when one of you finds out that….{JUST MAYBE}… some kid that you are related to, or some kid that you watched grow up, finds himself or herself in a similar situation! Are you going to be so quick to judge and cut down??? NOBODYS PERFECT!!! Shit happens! Im pretty sure the kid has learned from this mess! Im just thankful that nobody got hurt or killed! Maybe this incident will put him on the right track before its too late!
Yes we learn from our mistakes, or we are supposed to. We take our lumps, and move on. At least, that is how the system is supposed to work.
Given the dangerous nature of the incident, the public not only has a right to know, but should be able to voice their concern over such behaviors in their community.
As a parent, I must be supportive of my offspring, but not enabling. It does no good to society or the child to ignore major problems such as alcohol or substance abuse. And that is what it appears to be the case with this young man given his track record.
Don’t coddle him, get him help.
welcome to the real world your an adult now,keep it up ,Prision,death,or life of heavey drinking will quilfy you a felony evently,putting a quilifed foe carnivial worker,pushing rides for the kiddies.Most good eployers don’t hire,people with a record,becuse there a liblity.like I said your aN ADULT NOW WELCOME TOM THE REAL WORLD..
Thank you Cody, your words are so true. Hate and judgement do not help anyone. Prayers that a lesson is learned and this young man grows from it in a positive way. We have all learned things from our actions no matter what age we are.
What I see is a history of alcohol abuse and driving with out a licence or insurance. Evan hitting somebody else’s parked car at some point.
Mostly likely his family jumped to his defense in the past making him feel it was somebody else’s fault and nobodies business but theirs.
This thought process progressed to the accident in which he blew a .164 over an hour and a half after his last conceivable drink. He knew he shouldn’t be driving hence the back gravel roads in the middle of the night and the call to his girlfriend instead of 911 like the rest of us.
I am sure there is no point to this, but why not just lay out the facts of the record and the current case. I am sure it is still nobodies business when uninsured drivers drunkenly speed down roads used by others in the middle of the night.
11/28/2005 453A.2(2)-A MINOR USING TOBACCO 1ST OFFENSE 02171 ST140089 (CERRO GORDO)MEYER, ALEXANDER KEITH 01/12/1990 DEFENDANT
07/13/2007 321.284A DNU – OPEN CONTAINER – PASSENGER 02171 ST146195 (CERRO GORDO) MEYER, ALEXANDER KEITH 01/12/1990 DEFENDANT
09/26/2007 321.174 FAILURE TO HAVE VALID LICENSE/PERMIT WHILE OPER. MOTOR VEH 02171 ST144615 (CERRO GORDO)MEYER, ALEXANDER KEITH 01/12/1990 DEFENDANT
09/26/2007 321.264 STRIKING UATTEND. VEH 02171 NT144609 (CERRO GORDO) MEYER, ALEXANDER KEITH 01/12/1990 DEFENDANT
09/26/2007 321.20B-B VIOLATION – FINANCIAL LIABILITY – ACCIDENT 02171 ST144616 (CERRO GORDO)MEYER, ALEXANDER KEITH 01/12/1990 DEFENDANT
12/21/2007 321.20B-A VIOLATION – FINANCIAL LIABILITY COVERAGE 02171 STA0001250 (CERRO GORDO)MEYER, ALEXANDER KEITH 01/12/1990 DEFENDANT
05/16/2009 123.46 CONSUMPTION / INTOXICATION 02171 SMSM026850 (CERRO GORDO)MEYER, ALEXANDER KEITH 01/12/1990 DEFENDANT
10/09/2009 MC/3-3A-2 UNLAWFUL CONSUMING OF ALCOHOL 02171MCSMSM027526 (CERRO GORDO)MEYER, ALEXANDER KEITH 01/12/1990 DEFENDANT
11/23/2009 MC/9-3-20(A) FAIL TO HAVE VALID LICENSE OR PERMIT 02171MCSTA0026958 (CERRO GORDO) MEYER, ALEXANDER KEITH 01/12/1990 DEFENDANT
04/21/2010 123.47(3)(A)(1)DNU – POSSESS/PURCH OF ALCOHOL BY PERSON < 21 YOA – 1ST OFF 02171 STA0030942 (CERRO GORDO) MEYER, ALEXANDER KEITH 01/12/1990 DEFENDANT
thank u for sharing that info with the rest of us even though ms sunshine thinks it’s none of our business .. looks to me as if this kid has had a drinking problem for a long time and no one has helped him shame on his parents girlfriend and his friends all of u have enabled his child and want to blame everyone else for thier comments ..so how the heck has this been a mistake??? like i said “TAKE UR BLINDERS OFF AND TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR WHAT U HAVE FAILED TO DO AS A PARENT” u actually make me sick to my stomache
Ah, he didn’t mean to do anything wrong. Give him another chance. You can count on our judges to turn him loose so next time he can kill or injure someone. With a record like he has he should have been sent up long agao.
Oh, but they claim this is a different person with the exact same name and the same age. The article says he’s 21, they say he’s 23, and this defendant is 22. Pretty confusing, huh.
Mistake? How DARE you call this intentional criminal act a MISTAKE? He’s lucky he didn’t hurt any innocent people! Dangerous punk!
@ms sunshine .. dont know if this is ur son or not but if it is u have some nerve .. how dare u tell ppl this is none of thier business .. see i lost a chid to a drunk driver and it tore my whole world apart(something u have no clue about) so yes this is our business .. sounds to me like ur an enabaler who needs some serious help also .. he may not of killed someone this time but what about the next time and he does what r u gonna say to the family and friends “oh he’s a good kid has money cuz we tought him to save and it’s none of ur business” believe me those words r the last thing a mouning person would want to hear from u .. maybe u should take off ur blinders and realize what is happening .. ur comments to other ppl have made me sick to my stomache and i cant believe u have the nerve to say these things .. this boy made this choice no one on this site told him to get behind the wheel and drive and i havnt heard one other person say they r perfect and havnt made mistakes stop making excuses for this child sure he maybe 21 or is it 23 regardless he is still a child .. oh and believe me i know i am not perfect and have made plent of bad decisions but i also learned from them and no longer live life like that .. i cant wait to see what u’ll come up with when and if he ever kills another person i pray with all my heart it isnt one of my family or friends cuz u will eat ur words about how he is a good kid and the rest of us r to blame ..take off the blinders b4 it’s to late lady
This is so terrible. People like this make me sick. He needs to be sent away for along time. He really could have hurt or killed someone. So sad.
Wow….. Not that I condone what this kid had done or the fact that he could have hurt someone else or himself, but I love how you all are looking him up on line, thinking that you know who he is. Some of you are arguing his age, some of you picking offenses that are not listed for a 21 year old but rather someone of the SAME NAME! There are at least 5 people listed with that name and all different birthdays. The only one who is listed that is 21 (which I am sure the cops would know his age) has offenses for hunting, tinted windows, and speeding. You all need to LEARN to keep your mouth shut unless you know exactly what you are talking about or risk looking like jack@ss’s.
I will retract my statement as I did not keep reading all the way down the comments nor did I see his middle name. I will be the first to admit when I am wrong and my last statement was WRONG! HOWEVER, there are still plenty of people posting the wrong info.
Um, if you are the Katie that I think you are, you have no right to make judgemental comments here! You, your family nor your friends are anywhere close to being perfect and have made many “mistakes” in your life. I am by no means stickin up for anybody including the offender in this story, but man! People need to butt out of other peoples business! Considering you are all adults commenting on here, you would think you’d be able to act like one too! Two words for all of you………GROW UP! If you have sooooo many complaints about stuff that happens, why don’t all ye law abiding citizens organize a get together so you can complain about those things face to face instead of invading an article with your B.S.? Better yet, how’s about you attend a city council meeting so you can discuss these issues and others, with the great Mason City City Council and see where that will get you! Have you ever heard of North Iowa Mugshots? Why don’t you go there and post your whiny, know-it-all posts………….I swear, you guys all need to be put in the same room together so you can hash out your issues, no MCPD involved and just get it done and over with……………Seriously! I have never in my life, Oh forget it….I’ve wasted enough time on this and funny part is, you guys will prolly still come back with rediculous comments!
You don’t know me. I’m not from MC. And if the online records are not his, I apologize. It’s the EXACT same name and he was the right age. Please get him some help. It’s hard to get through to kids his age because of peer pressure. Be persistent and loving.
@Katie, there are a few Alex Meyer’s around here. So, don’t be so quick to judge if you don’t know which Alex Meyer you are snooping around on.
Seriously, I am so glad you are all so perfect!!
I am so glad to be away from Mason City, Ia!!! A town of hypocrites…easy to judge others, when you should be looking at yourself. There are so many F’d up people in that town. Alex is a good kid who made a mistake…He will be judged by the law and your comments don’t really matter!!
A crime is NOT a “mistake”.
None of our business that this under age person is illegally consuming alcohol (personally, if he’s 18 and can vote, I could care less if he drinks) and then takes his drunken self out onto the public roadways endangering the lives of hundreds of innocent lives? You’re right, I shouldn’t be concerned about that level of stupidity and selfishness. And then, you get some real ignorant people on here to defend his actions and tell everyone what a great person he is. No, if he was such a great person, he wouldn’t have the past criminal record that consists of the same types of offenses. He is a habitual violator and needs some kind of help. Instead of sticking up for him, stop being an enabling idiot and start telling him to get some damn help.
Alex Meyer is 21. He isn’t underage. He deserves to be punished harshly because he endangered anyone on or near the road.
Alex will be charged according to the law and the same as anyone else in his position… He is not the first person to get picked up for OWI, and will not be the last… It seems to me that the substance abuse centers are full and even have waiting lists, so I guess there is a major problem all over the county and it is getting worse.
If you have never had a drink in your life, than I can see where you would not understand anything about this problem. And yes we are very thankful that he did not hurt anyone or himself and just ruined “his own” car.
Alex is a tax payer and so am I, and we are thankful that we do have such a wonderful search and rescue team in place here, and a great police department and sheriffs office as well. Alex realizes the consequences of what he has done and is willing to pay his penance just as anyone else would… “Do not judge lest ye be judged”
It is not up to us to pass judgement on this person. We are all human just like this man is. To judge him based off this event alone or from what you know about him from time spent looking him up makes you no better or worse then him. I can understand your anger and hate and frustration for him because of the danger and harm he could of done to others that in most peoples eyes is easily avoidable. These hateful comments will only make the situation worse for when he sees these comments he will not think anything good of himself and will be more vulnerable to do the same thing he did before. May we redirect our energy in a more useful way that will help him avoid such a dangerous corse. May this be a wake up call or a warning that what he did was very dangerous to himself and others. May he get the support he needs to learn from and overcome this.
He has no past history
@ Julie: If he has no past history, what are the 10 items in his name about on Iowa Courts Online? Sharron already posted what they involved. It doesn’t work to come on here and deny a past history when it’s public record.
You’re right. No one is perfect, least of all me. But don’t enable this young man. He needs a “Come to Jesus” talk about drinking and driving and taking responsibility for what he may do to others in his path.
Before you make comments on here you people should get your facts right. First of all Alex is not under-age, he is 23 and he does not have a prior record of this kind. Makes me wonder what kind of people you are if all you have to do is make rude comments about people and look up their records all day.
You are probably the type of persons that can’t figure out what is going on in the world and why we have so much crime and so many angry people. Well think about it, people like you are a major contributing factor to the problem with your judgement of someone you don’t even know, and your hateful comments towards people, you are bullies and there is a movement to stop bullying… I say it is time to stop the hate!
Bullying? Are you kidding? This kid drove drunk and endangered all the other innocent lives on that road and you think people’s outrage is BULLYING? Wow, lady. You’ve got some serious enabling issues. Your kid is only ok because he got lucky, not because he’s smart. You’d better focus on straightening him up and quit worrying about the JUSTIFIED anger of the public!
A mistake? Try a choice and a bad one at that.
Mistake? How about he made a choice and a bad one at that.
are you kidding me? A “child” gets in an accident and people wanna say it is nothing? My brother was killed on his Harley (of course not his fault), the same year my sister was killed in an auto accident (not her fault). Your kid is 18 drinking and driving? says alot for the parents !!! Pull your head out of your arse!!! yes, I said arse.
Maybe he had insurance but didn’t have proof with him. Frankly @Katie, it’s none of your business. But it seems you make alot of things on this site your business. Seems like you have way too much time on your hands.
Yeah you seem to get time when your not out in the middle of the night covering up your families criminal actions.
I wonder who is going to pay for all the MCPD and County Sheriff’s time on this call. Maybe the tax payers that also paid for the road he was driving on.
None of your business what YOUR tax dollars are spent on as long as it is spent on the Meyer’s.
Hey, I’ll quit commenting when you do.
Whoever wants to put a to stop drunk driving, let me know… I’m all for it.. We can start a group that will keep drunk drivers off our roads….
I even have a few ideas to throw around…
Lemmie know 🙂
@Katie-you just keep right on commenting. If they (whoever anonymous is) don’t like it they don’t have to read it or they can make their own comments. That is what this site is all about. They just can’t resist tryingto put someone else down just because they don’t agree. I for one enjoy your comments.
Uh think about it… his insurance info got lost in the accident… he has to get a copy and bring it in when he gets his car back! Remember innocent untill proven guilty… I suppose everyone on here has a perfect driving record, never have done anything wrong in your whole life, never ever lied for any reason, never talked badly about someone, or been rude to another person… unless you are God you have no business judging other pepole… Today a life was spared, and that is all I am worried about,and instead of planning a funeral are counting our blessings… Just remember to hug those you love and tell them “I love you” often.
Are you sure he lost his insurance info.
Iowa courts online shows he has been convicted of no insurance once in another accident when he hit a parked car and once again after that, both times guilty by court. Open container, minor possession of alcohol a couple of times.
Then when you see parents sticking up for his actions that also could have killed others on the road, it is no wonder his crimes are progressing.
Then an hour and a half after the accident he still blows a .0164 twice the legal limit. Wonder what it would have been before it had time to come down.
That is right folks you have no right to judge others that endanger you on the road.
Sharon are you a stalker or what, or do you just like to stick your nose in everone elses business? Wow going to the extent of even looking up someones record? Wow, I am glad I have a life and better things to do with my time than sit around and bash people I don’t even know, then look up all their information…Anyway this is none of your business! I am sure everyone talks about you since most people like you aren’t liked very well, and are talked about all the time. I am so thankful I don’t know you people as I wouldn’t be caught dead associating with your kind!
Easy answer Ms. Sunshine.
Public Record.
So this kid has plenty of money to buy alcohol but not insurance for his car? You call that responsible Ms. Sunshine? I have never been arrested for DWI, thank you very much, nor have I been in a roll over as well. I imagine had he killed you, any of your family members or a pet of yours you’d feel different. Don’t defend an idiot who gets behind the wheel and drives his car ( I am assuming it is his, and not his parents) into a cornfield because he can’t control his speed, or his intake of alcohol. If and when you do Ms. Sunshine, you look and sound as ignorant as this kid is.
he’s lucky he didn’t hit anyone or injure anyone. losing in a lawsuit wouldnt be a fun experience.
Forward thinker, I never said I condone this accident or Alex’s behavior as I do not drink myself, and I am not sticking up for that. I am saying that I am happy that he is alive and did not hurt himself or anyone else. you people don’t need to berate him publicly, he already knows what he has done and plans to change because of this. He learned a big lesson this weekend and will be paying for it for a long time, and he is aware of this and is not only remorseful but also thankful that he is alive… Give me a break!
I guess that his concern not yours… but thanks for the concern for him…
I don’t know how he is going to get school?? That’s really no one problem but his own. I notice you seen to comment on a lot of people on here maybe you should mind your own business and get a life. Everyone is not perfect and people make mistakes. I am pretty sure your not perfect because NO ONE IS.
If he was chinese he could wok !!!
Shouldn’t been on the Road,anyway,no Vehilce insurance,drunk-could have killed some one,even him self.Look at it as a wake up call,get help for your drinking,join the Marine corp,do twenty some years,request combat duty,give back to society,earn your freedom.them work twenty some more years,retire
stay sober.God,AA an work will will build you an keep you safe.Join the club.The choice is your’s make the right one!!!
How’s he going to get to school now? No car, no insurance.
Also, no license, no money, and no brains.
I know my nephew and he has brains, just was not thinking at the time!
But, he had money for a good time!
To think requires a brain. Who is going to pay for his lack of judgement? What about the costs of the police, fire department, EMT’s and other people that have to be paid? What if he had T-boned some family with kids in it? What if it was your family? Wake up. He is old enough to know the difference.
Good ol mom and dad, usually.
Katie, I guess that is his concern now not yours… but thanks for the concern anyway…
Yes he did make a mistake but he is the type of person who learns from his mistakes, and he does have a job and plenty of money because unlike most people of today he does know how to save his money… Unless you people are “perfect” do not point fingers!
Then why did he not have insurance?
He won’t have as much money when this is over and he may not have a job because he can’t drive to work. I will point fingers all I want when he endangers the public like he did with his stupidity. If you people didn’t protect him when he was wrong he probably wouldn’t be in this position. He probably didn’t ever get spanked when he was younger and now has to sense of responsibility for others. Hopefully he will learn from this experience and realize how fortunate he was to come out of this without hurting someone including himself.