MASON CITY – Southbridge Mall drove away the bell ringers this holiday season, but not the troublemakers.
According to police, a deal gone bad at a mall parking lot lead to a felony charge against a North Iowa woman as cops chased an armed, miffed mary-jane-deprived man north through the Cultural Crescent.
Police said Tuesday that Monday evening at about 8:00 PM, they received a call alerting them to an armed man – possibly with a handgun – seen in the east parking lot at Southbridge Mall, 100 South Federal Avenue. A man fitting that description was observed running northbound on Commercial Alley, dangerously close to the back door of the beloved Chamber of Commerce headquarters. He was stopped by officers and taken into custody without incident.
Police determined that a male and a female who were acquainted met at the Southbridge Mall east parking lot for what they described as a “transaction” that “did not go well” which involved marijuana. As a result of the botched deal, Michael Schenker, ago 18 with a last-known address of Osage, displayed an air pistol and then fled the scene.
The other person involved in the deal, Tessa Rose-Marion, age 20 with a last-known address of Nashua, was first identified as a witness, but later arrested on a felony D charge of Intent to Deliver Marijuana.
Schenker was arrested and charged with 1st Degree Harassment, an aggravated misdemeanor. He beat a trespassing charge brought by Mason City police this summer.
Both were taken to the Cerro Gordo County Jail and held on bond.
No sculptures were harmed or damaged in the incident.
SUBJECT IS INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY.
SUBJECT IS INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY.
