MASON CITY – A Mason City man recently convicted of sexual acts with a child has found himself behind bars for violating his lenient sentence.
On December 6, 2013, Cerro Gordo County Sheriff’s Deputies investigated a reported case of sexual contact between an adult and a juvenile. A search warrant was executed at a residence, 413 Prairie View Ct, in Mason City. As a result of the investigation, Lane Bryan Sage, then age 20, was arrested. Sage was charged with 7 felony sex crimes. In January of this year, he entered a guilty plea to just one charge – sexual abuse in the third degree against a female child 12-13 years of age. He was given a 10 year suspended prison term, a $1,000 suspended fine, and 5 years of probation. He was also ordered to pay $8,975.00 in court costs, fines ($250) and restitution. He was placed in the Beje Clark halfway house.
On March 24, the Iowa Department of Corrections reported to law enforcement that Sage had violated his probation and a warrant for his arrest was issued. Mason City police arrested him at Beje Clark and he was taken to jail and held on $10,000 bond. He will face a probation revocation hearing on April 20, 2015.
Be respectful this young man has serious mental disability the courts never took into consideration his mental capacity is close to hers so back off being judgemental until you know the facts. The courts are so set on getting convictions they don’t care!
Anonymous x2 – I’m not buying it, a person who is able to acquire a drivers license has the ability to know right from wrong, that would be the responsibility and guidance of parents/caretaker to teach what is appropriate and what is not when they are growing up.
Please say it isn’t so. He didn’t violate his probation. I can hardly believe that.