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.
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!
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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
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”
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.
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!
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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.
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.
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
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.