Rockwell man sent to prison for felony domestic assault

MASON CITY – A Rockwell man with numerous arrests for violent acts was sent to prison today after a plea deal.

Chad Leo Simmer, age 41, was sentenced to 5 years in prison Wednesday by Judge Annette Boehlje after pleading guilty to domestic assault involving strangulation, which is a felony in Iowa. A $750 fine was suspended. In exchange for pleading guilty, charges of third or subsequent offense domestic assault and violation of a protective order were dismissed.

According to police reports, Simmer was arrested in January of this year by Cerro Gordo deputies at a rural residence halfway between Rockwell and Swaledale – 12340 150th Street – after a report of a domestic assault. He plead guilty in May and had been awaiting sentencing.

Simmer is no stranger to violence.

In 2000, he plead guilty to domestic abuse.

In 2008, he plead guilty to second offense domestic abuse.

Again in 2008, he plead guilty to assault with intent to inflict serious injury and was sentenced to two years in prison and nearly $19,000 in restitution and thousands more in court fees.

Simmer also had two operating while intoxicated convictions on his record.

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