MASON CITY – A Rockford, Iowa man who has been arrested and charged twice with felony third offense drunk driving has wiggled off the hook once again.
The latest arrest of 63-year-old Ronald Parcher took place on January 17 of this year. According to Mason City police, on that morning at 5:45 AM, a citizen reported a car was parked in the snow in / near the K-Mart parking lot. Officers arrived and found the driver, Parcher, asleep in the car. Officers awakened Parcher and began investigating his sobriety. Parcher was arrested for felony 3rd offense operating while intoxicated and driving while barred.
Parcher was given a 7 day jail sentence in a plea deal to second offense operating while intoxicated, thereby avoiding the felony charge. He gets to serve his sentence at home; he was booked into the county jail today – then he went home, where he will be monitored.
Parcher was also given 2 years of probation and ordered to submit a DNA sample as well as pay $3,301.56 in fines and court fees. The driving while barred charge was dismissed.
Parcher was last charged with felony third offense drunk driving in Floyd county in 2010. However, that charge was dismissed and he pled guilty to driving while barred. He paid a small fine.
Parcher was caught two other times in Floyd county (2009 and 2005) and both times pled guilty to second offense operating while intoxicated.
