MASON CITY – A Clear Lake man is irate this weekend and promising a lawsuit after he was stopped for the second time in a week by a Cerro Gordo deputy and then arrested for tinted windows on his Escalade.
Hard-luck cell phone enthusiast and Clear Lake resident Philip Biermann was cruising downtown Mason City Friday night, March 31 at about 6:52 PM when a Cerro Gordo deputy pulled him over. “By the same jerk from last Tuesday,” Biermann quipped, via social media. “Waiting outside my shop stalking me,” he claimed. Biermann is referring to his cell phone repair store, Iowa Cell Phones and Repair, currently located on the plaza just outside Southbridge Mall.
The traffic stop evidently didn’t go well for Biermann, he says.
“I just got my car towed and was no joke arrested…for window tint. I’m not kidding.”
Biermann was telling the truth, he was arrested. Cerro Gordo Sheriff Kevin Pals tells NIT “it was a tint citation”. By Biermann’s own admission, he had been warned before, but failed to clean up his act.
“I have 1 warning and 1 ticket on this car and he arrested me for the 3rd, never heard of it in my life…he told me mine was 1% and said it was the darkest he’s seen haha,” Biermann mocked. “He spent like 4 hours dealing with arresting me with backup for tint.”
Sheriff Pals disputes that claim, telling NIT “no back up called”.
Philip Biermann seems to be confused and extremely angry about the law being applied to him for his alleged law-breaking, and seems bitter about how the arresting deputy treated him during the stop.
“I asked him over and over who put him up to it,” Biermann explained. “I literally got off work got in my car and the second I pulled out of my parking spot I was pulled over. It’s stalking. He never read me my rights either. I asked him if I was getting punked or if he was joking … he pushed me up on the hood and cuffed me then impounded my Escalade … thank God I renewed my tags. I filed a complaint with (the deputy’s) supervisor immediately.
“I’m going to sue them,” Biermann threatened, apparently blaming his arrest on profiling his “vibe”.
“He seems like he gets a personal high off it,” Biermann said, in some sort of attempt to psychologically evaluate the law enforcement officer. “Especially seeing peoples reaction to him over abusing his power, best part I’ve run into so many others that are young and wear my vibe of stuff that have had ridiculous situations with him, he has a personal vendetta against anyone who has a flat bill hat, who is young, tattoos, etc. If I were some doofy dressed like a 40+ year old dad I’d get a warning.”
Instead, Biermann, age 30, was carted off to the Cerro Gordo county jail, for a routine he knows all too well – booked, photographed and held before being released.
Biermann was ticketed just days earlier, as he alluded to, on Tuesday, March 28. He claims the same deputy ticketed him that day. He was cited for fraudulent use of a registration.
Lol
What a fool
Maybe flatness is taking his anger out on everyone else. Because his wife is cheating on him. Whoops I already said too much.
Damn them flat bill hat wearing young tatood etc dudes! Lock them all up!
Was he this arrogant after his domestic assault arrest, or maybe after one of his no contact order violations? Funny how he says nothing was his dault, yet he continues to do the same things. This is a horrible way to represent a local small business. Clean your act up Phillip, or it will be gone.
I once felt sorry for this guy. I now see he is above the law and flaunts his entitlement. Fix your tint, or dont. Just don’t complain when your warnings turn into needing a bondsman.
I sure hope this guy doesn’t need a jury to decide his fate because he doesn’t seem to stand a chance. Am I missing something? All the negative comments sound a little harsh for just tinted windows. It appears that all the domestic violence offenders and repeat offenders and probation violators get treated with more respect.
Play stupid games,,win stupid prizes
Did this guy grow up in Clear Lake?
I believe the term is “Karma”
I am pretty sure he didn’t go to jail for just window tint. I am guessing this retard had diarrhea of the mouth and the Deputy took his dumb ass in. Its not a hard concept to grasp and that is what is wrong with people these days. You break the law and get caught you are going to have to deal with the consequences. I will never do business with this Grade A Douche Canoe!!!
Hell, he aint got it bad, last week some guy got arrested and jailed in Mason City for a improper light on his bicycle.
How is that for a offence to be jailed for?
That’s why illegal democrat voting people drive vans with no windows – still a cheezy cop if he is harrassing someone – AND they have been known to go it in the past. Grow up and change to republican before its too late. PS ! Did you ever see any state or federal big black SUV that were NOT TINTED almost black ? Deep state at work but Trump is slowly bring them out in the sunshine. Demorat Draculas.
Meanwhile, how many unsolved murders are there in Mason City?
Maybe you should come up with a new “vibe”. Grow a mullet and wear a Wayne’s World hat!
To me, Philip’s “vibe” is LOUDMOUTH DOUCHEBAG.
I saw his Escalade driving down Federal last week, it caught my eye and my first thought was how is this dumb shit still on the road? The law is clear, you could not see in the windows at all.
Wy do you need tinted windows on your automobile anyways? Isn’t the Windshield already tinted in the 1st place? This guy can solve computer problems but cannot solve a simple problem put on a pair of sunglasses Problem solved….. I have figured this out already, advice from a 8 year old boy……