MASON CITY – Law enforcement searched for a suspicious individual early Thursday morning and located him outside a children’s theatre before taking him to jail.
A Cerro Gordo deputy responded to a call about a possibly intoxicated person at the 600 block of North Delaware Avenue in Mason City at about 2:41 AM Thursday morning. Mason City police were also looking for the individual. The deputy located 38-year-old Douglas Robert Peterson of Mason City near 616 North Delaware. Mason City police arrived and placed him under arrest on a charge of public intoxication.
Peterson was taken to the county jail where he was booked and held before being released. He awaits a court date.