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.
Carly- it is not about the crime, tinted windows is pretty minor, it is about the arrogance of the individual who thinks he is above the law. This guy was warned, ticketed and then surprised when on the third time he mouths off to the deputy and ended up in jail. But you know what, it wasn’t his fault it was the deputies fault!
Play stupid games,,win stupid prizes
Did this guy grow up in Clear Lake?
This guy has not “grown up” at all yet!!
No sure if he was raised in Clear Lake or not though
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.
Trump will quickly bring them into the Mara Lago sunshine. I mean he spends every weekend there golfing.
I have strong disdain for anyone that strictly votes along a party line. We wind up with complete imbeciles in office like Steve King and Terry Brandstad when you only vote for a single party.
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.
You hit the nail on the head with “dumb shit” that’s for sure
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……
This guy is one of the most arrogant shady people I have ever dealt with. He and his staff have got to be some of the rudest people in business today. They all think they are better than you because they know how to install a piece of glass on my cell phone. Believe me, if there was any competition at all in town this guy would get no business at all, he is a total ass and deserves what he got from the sheriff.
I know a lot of 40-something dads. Stand up guys with more class in their pinkies than this dude will ever know.
I know someone who lives in clear lake that has been ticketed multiple times for window tint. Never been to jail for it. Sounds like phil got mouthy, and the officer decided he was done dealing with his bs. His new cell phone location over by cancun might have been something he should have waited on.
He hates doofy dressed dads? Shame on you!
So he looks down on 40ish, white dads. Half of north Iowa. All of them read NIT. Quite the brilliant marketing ploy.
Nothing like alienating your core customer by calling them doofy. I have an iPad and cell phone with cracked screens that need repair, definitely WILL NOT be taking them to this guys business now!
Oh wow, look at this mindless sheeple, bet you’re the same time of individual that stopped using uber and amazon because they supported Trump. Go get a job you hippie.
Haha your comment is very comical and somewhat desperate. Let me humor you, I do have a job and use Uber when ever I am traveling on business. I also use Amazon quite often thank you. You see I am what you would call a doofy dad with a lot of expendable income to spend on things like cell phones iPads and computers. But seeing how the owner of this business has publicly stated that he has something against doofy Dads then I will not be spending my money at his business. Oh and by the way several of my friends, all of which have jobs, are also doofy Dads and will not be patronizing his business as well.
For alternative device repair options visit my page http://www.facebook.com/shatteredphones
Good shameless advertising, bet you’ll get tons of customers from this comment (sarcasm)
Thanks for the link, i will be in touch with this business to fix my phone.
Wow, just checked out this guys Facebook page and he is now asking where Matt lives. This guy needs to grow up and quit blaming others for his own actions.
Sounds like aggressive flatness. Flatness is a dirty cop
yes flatness is very power hungry, I remember when he was only a jailer cause he couldnt get on the force, he was a power hungry jailer then too. Its all because as a kid growing up he got picked on alot and he couldnt do anything about it.
probably power hungry Flatness…Flatness use to buy me beer when i was under age he was the old man at the highschool parties
Way back when—-I paid a far chunk of change to tint my new Honda at Timm’s Tint in Rudd, first day I have it back MCPD pulled me over and ticketed me. I didn’t argue but did ask questions. Next week before I thought of getting a lighter tint my wife got pulled over by a trooper and ticketed also. Expensive lesson, when back to Timm’s and had it taken off and a lighter LEGAL tint put on. LESSON? research the law before investing in “COOL”
That tinting business should have saved you a lot of pain and told you what you wanted was illegal.
I am sure this guy wouldn’t consent to a search so few A-hole cops then arrest people for for anything so they can then search the person and the car. All it will take is once for someone to be.buat for this and a judge will throw it out. Even tougher to conceive that are elected Sheriff condones this sort of behavior. This is the action of the very few gung-ho cops that might someday (heaven-for-bid) endanger the lives of the many many good policeman and women.
The guy was warned once, ticketed once and still refused to obey the law and it is the deputy’s fault?? Sound like this guy needs to be taught a lesson. Oh and this is real good advertising for his business! The guy need to grow up and start acting like an adult instead of some kind of teenager.
I get that, but maybe a higher fine or a summons to appear, or even failure to obey a lawful order. But taking a person to jail and a business owner who is no threat to society. Not every traffic stop has to end in arrest like a few of the not-good cops think. I think maybe many many many of the local arrest to be taken care with a summons to appear. It is the same thing instead of wasting time for someone to bring a bail of $300. It is ridiculous that people have to go through that.
I can see your point, definitely not an offense that justifies being arrested for. With that being said most responsible adults would have taking care of the issue after the warning and definitely after a ticket was issued. Most would have never put themselves in the position that he put himself in. Bottom line, be a responsible and this would have never happened. His actions are more of a defiant 18 year olld, not a 30 year old business owner.
Exactly. This guy is a passive-aggressive jerk who likely had no intention of complying with the law. It’s time he grew up.
Phillip you look like a 20 year old flat head cat fish! Dude your stupid and no one wants to hear you crying like a baby! Grow the F up and obey the law or go back to whatever country or river you came from. Take the tint off, pay your tickets and shut the hell up!
Headline ! Brown Shirts are stained with poop.
Tinted windows on a Caddy. Sounds like a pimped out shaggin wagon.
It was stalking -profiling – whatever – arrested and car towed for window tint – meanwhile a dozen illegal aliens were observing the situation and one asked the deputy for a match to fire up his dooobie. To funny unless your a patriot.
Even funnier if YOU’RE able to spell
This is one way to make sure I never use his business talent. This guy comes off as some kinda dork thinking he can’t follow the laws of the state.May his storefront go dark.
My thought exactly. He will never get my business now.
bunch of arm chair lawyers here today. the tinted window law has been on the books for atleast 20 yrs. this jerk decided to break the law and was caught and now is crying in his beer. story says he was warned once, how many times does it take before he learns. break the law and get warned and then continue to break it and get a ticket, what did he expect a invitation to the sheriffs ball??? what a supposedly business man idiot
Warned and then charged. Hope his “vibe” is still intact.He better hope people who have a shoplifting “vibe” do not start frequenting his store.
Isn’t this the same guy that beat his wife?
Leave it to Cerro Gordo to be the first ones to arrest a guy for window tint. If this goes viral we will be known for idiot deputies that do this and idiots electing Steve King. Great.
The case won’t be dismissed. Only have to read rights if in custody and being questioned.
If the deputy didn’t read him his rights before he transported him, the case and charges will be dismissed
You are a 30-year-old a small business owner. Get rid of the “vibe” and grow the hell up! It sounds to me like the issue is you, not the deputy sheriff!
Couldn’t happen to a nicer asshole.