MASON CITY – A Mason City man charged with four felony drug charges took a plea deal and escaped prison.
Sean Wurtzel, age 32 Mason City, pled guilty on June 4 to Driving While Barred Habitual Offender. Wurtzel was sentenced to seven days in jail and assessed $1,023.75 in fines and court costs.
Wurtzel was charged with four felony drug charges as well. As part of a plea deal, Three of the charges were dismissed. Wurtzel pled guilty to felony D third or subsequent possession of a controlled substance. He as given a five-year suspended prison sentence, assessed $2,171.25 in fines and court costs and placed on three years of probation.
PLED GUILTY
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I like how everyone complains about government spending and then insist we spend 100’s of thousand incarcerating everyone who does a drug they don’t like.
Aw, he was just mis-understood and is probably SUCKS ILLEGAL DRUG supplier. The judge just want to give him a chance.
I’d never call it “escaping charges” due to the fact that prosecutors overcharge defendants in order to plea bargain. NIT is really naive. Defendants are purposely overcharged to begin with.
Maybe he actually committed all of the crimes he was charged with and simply knew he would be found guilty by a jury of his peers and didn’t want to go through the process. Instead he conceded and didn’t waste anyone else’s time with a trial.
Of course, prosecutors never charge stack and police never lie on the stand. They are perfect angels in every way.
If the crime fits, stack’em. Pretty hard to argue against driving while barred though. If he wasn’t guilty a jury of his peers would likely see that. Taking a plea shows you were likely guilty. Criminals also never lie, HA!
That’s the problem, the charges hardly ever fit. Virtually every person is overcharged to begin with.