MASON CITY – A Mason City woman recently pled guilty to harassing 911 operators, and is now facing the prospect of her probation being revoked in Dubuque in a case where she assaulted police officers.
Alma Melinda Shafer, age 63, is now in the Cerro Gordo county jail, accused of violating her two-year probation term in Dubuque county for two counts of assaulting a police officer and two counts of public intoxication for crimes she committed in 2013.
Shafer was arrested on the afternoon of April 24, 2015, when officers went to home at 240 6th Street SE for misuse of 911 communications and false report to law enforcement. She pleaded guilty three days later and was fined.
That was at least the fourth arrest of Shafer for that crime.
According to police, Shafer dialed 911 at least 10 times on the evening of November 6, 2014. A dispatcher continued taking the calls, and officers were sent to her home. After an investigation, Shafer was arrested and taken to jail for dialing 911 with no emergency. Alcohol may have been a factor in the incident, police said. She was jailed for one day.
Shafer was at it again on November 13, dialing 911 and making false reports to law enforcement. She was jailed and later pled guilty. She was ordered to pay $465.00 in fines and court costs.
Shafer pled guilty in 2013 to the same crime, dialing 911 with no emergency, after being charged by Mason City police. She was fined for her actions.
