MASON CITY – A drunk driver stopped his car in the middle of a busy Mason City road late Monday evening before a deputy took him to jail.
On Monday, July 12 at about 9:39 PM, a Cerro Gordo deputy was flagged down by a concerned citizen due to a vehicle sitting in the middle of the roadway near 12th Street NE and Pennsylvania Avenue. The deputy investigated, and arrested the driver, 61-year-old Jon Douglas Reed of Mason City. Reed was charged with operating while intoxicated, open container of alcohol and stopping in the travel portion of a roadway.
Reed was taken to jail, booked and later released, pending a court date.
