MASON CITY – An Iowa man has been arrested on felony assault charges after an investigation by Mason City Police.
According to a report, the investigation by police began on September 16th at about 2:45 AM after the incident, which took place at a residence at the 000 block of 14th Street SE.
During the course of the investigation, officers made contact with a female who reported a former boyfriend had entered her residence on the evening of September 15th by forcing his way through a window. The female reported being assaulted by the male as well as being held against her will for the next several hours. The female and her child were eventually able to get out of the residence and contact police.
Later, officers located the suspect, Peter Leroy Veal, age 27, who was still at the female’s residence. Veal’s most current address shows Ames, Iowa, but it is believed that he actually lives in Mason City at this time. Veal was arrested and taken to the Cerro Gordo County Jail.
Veal is charged with the following: Burglary in the first degree, a class B felony; 3rd offense domestic assault resulting in injury, a class D felony; and false imprisonment, a serious misdemeanor.
Veal is being held on no bond until he sees a judge.
3 thoughts on “Man charged with felony after allegedly entering woman’s home, imprisoning her and child”
what happened to the days were they found people guilty of violent crimes against people they walked them to the hanging platform in the middle of town and made sure they would never do these kind of violent acts again and save us tax payers 40 thousand dol a year to keep him in prison i can think of a few more that slipped threw the justice system that should have real punishment for there international and violent acts to citizens maybe then these other criminals would think real hard before committing crimes like tha
I am grateful that I can judge a person for themselves and not their name or relatives. Some families struggle and continue to learn the wrong things. Some people overcome that. We all deserve to be judged for who we are.
His sister is serving life in prison for killing an old lady after breaking into her home in Waterloo. The Veal’s are nothing but trash.