Mall roof-top shooter sent to jail for 30 days, fined

MASON CITY – A Mason City man who took it upon himself to take to the roof of Southbridge Mall with a BB gun and shoot a woman and damage other property earlier this summer has been given a deferred judgement after a guilty plea.

A call for assistance to police was made Sunday morning, July 26, 2015 at 1:30 AM to the area of Southbridge Mall and Delaware Avenue. Officers were told upon arrival that a woman had been shot and the gunman was on top of Southbridge Mall. Before officers arrived, a window of an SUV parked in the city-owned lot adjacent to the mall and across the street from 11 Bar was shot out, as well as one of the front windows at the (former) Chop Restaurant and 11 Bar.

When officers arrived, a perimeter was created around the mall and the roof was searched. Eventually, officers found and arrested 19-year-old Jordan Adams of Mason City after a search warrant was conducted at an apartment in the 000 block of South Federal. He was charged with possession of alcohol under the legal age; possession of drug paraphernalia; 4th degree criminal mischief; 3rd degree criminal mischief; and felony intimidation with a dangerous weapon.

Adams pled guilty on November 6 to intimidation with a dangerous weapon and two counts of fourth-degree criminal mischief.

At a sentencing hearing on January 11, 2016, Adams was given a a deferred judgement on the felony intimidation charge. He was given three years of probation, a suspended fine, and ordered to submit a DNA sample in the deferred judgement. On the two criminal mischief charges. Adams was sentenced to 30 days in jail on both counts, to be served concurrently. He must also pay $2,999.60 in fines, restitution and court fees.