MASON CITY – A violent Mason City man wanted for allegedly abusing a woman turned himself in to police Wednesday.
Bryon Sletton, age 48, failed to show up in Cerro Gordo county district court on April 1 for his jury trial on two charges of domestic assault. According to records and sources close to the alleged victim, despite the fact that strangulation was involved in the alleged crime, Sletten was charged only with an aggravated misdemeanor.
Sletten came to the Cerro Gordo County Jail Wednesdy at about 4 PM and surrendered on the two warrants. It has been said that Sletton has been hiding out with a number of acquaintances who were giving him a place to stay as police searched for him after he skipped trial.
Sletton is a convicted felon who has served time in Iowa penitentiaries. He is being held on $20,000 cash-only bond.
SUBJECT IS INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY.
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