MASON CITY – A wanted man out of Illinois but now apparently living in Mason City was caught speeding in his car while drunk driving early Friday and taken to jail.
A Cerro Gordo deputy conducted a traffic stop on Friday, April 14 at about 1:41 AM at Penn Avenue and 1st Street SE. After an investigation, the driver of the allegedly speeding vehicle was identified as 25-year-old Darius T. Stackhouse, wanted in Illinois on parole and probation violations/revocations. Stackhouse was charged with speeding, no driver’s license and operating while intoxicated.
Stackhouse was taken to the Cerro Gordo county jail, where he remains held on no bond. He could be shipped to Illinois to face authorities there.
