OTTAWA, ILLINOIS – A trial is scheduled next month for a Mason City man charged with manslaughter after he allegedly choked a man in what turned out to be a fatal altercation.
Mason Shannon, age 43, is apparently back in Mason City and awaiting trial now set for June 21. The Ottawa Times reports that Mr. Shannon placed a $50,000 bond for his freedom while the trial approaches, and Chief Judge H. Chris Ryan Jr. will decide the case.
As NIT previously reported, Mason Thomas Shannon was arrested in Mason City back on the evening of September 16, 2017. He was taken to the county jail in connection to an arrest warrant out of Lasalle county, Illinois for involuntary manslaughter. On Friday, September 22, Shannon was transported to Lasalle county and jailed on $50,000 bond – which he later posted and was freed, as mentioned.
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The Ottawa Times reports that Shannon and a co-defendant, 22-year-old Joseph J. Brewer of rural Ottawa, caused the death of 32-year-old Michael C. Castello on July 20, 2017 “by putting him in a chokehold during a fight on the grounds of Bonnie Plants, a commercial plant grower just northeast of Ottawa.”
The Ottawa Times reports that Brewer is free on $25,000 cash bond.
WSPY Radio reported that “LaSallle County Sheriff’s deputies were called to the scene at 11:53 PM that day, requesting emergency personnel in response to the physical altercation that occurred. Deputies and an ambulance were sent to the scene where Castelli was found unresponsive. Castelli was transported to OSF St. Elizabeth’s in Ottawa where he was later pronounced dead.”
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