MASON CITY – A convicted sex offender from Manly was arrested for assault in Mason City.
Mason City police officers were called to 252 9th Street SE on the evening of July 31 for a report of an assault. Officers arrived on the scene and after an investigation arrested 27-year-old Timothy Steven Benjegerdes of Manly on a charge of aggravated assault.
Benjegerdes was taken to the Cerro Gordo county jail, where he remains held on $2,000 bond, awaiting an upcoming court date later this month.
As a result of his arrest, Benjegerdes faces a parole violation and on that charge is being held on no bond as he awaits a hearing.
Benjegerdes was sent to prison in 2009 after he faced several charges in connection to sex acts he committed at age 18 with a 13-year-old girl. A jury found him guilty of sexual abuse in the third degree and he was sentenced to up to 10 years in prison and ordered to pay over $11,000 in court costs. He is currently serving lifetime supervision on the state’s sex offender registry.
