MASON CITY – A Cerro Gordo county assessor arrested last year on a drunk driving charge is scheduled for a plea hearing next month.
Cerro Gordo county assessor John Boedeker, age 63, was arrested for operating while intoxicated on November 21 by a Mason City police officer. Boedeker was jailed and posted bond.
A judge waived a substance abuse evaluation, records show, and a written arraignment and plea of not guilty was entered on December 31, 2014. A special prosecutor was also appointed that day, at the request of Cerro Gordo County Attorney Carlyle Dalen. Winnebago County Attorney Adam Sauer was appointed by judge Karen Salic.
Boedeker was scheduled for a February 24, 2015 jury trial and a pre-trial conference on February 13, but Salic scheduled a plea hearing for February 11, 2015.
Tom Drzycimski, county employee manager, said employees of the city or county assessor’s offices are employees of their respective conference boards and not Cerro Gordo County. Boedeker is paid $94,660.57 by taxpayers.
INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY