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Man sent to prison for 15 years after breaking into Mason City house, sleeping on couch, frightening mom and daughter

MASON CITY – A Mason City woman and her daughter were terrorized after they came home this past Christmas Eve, only to find a convicted car thief sleeping on their couch, who this month was sentenced to 15 years in prison for his crime.

The incident took place on the morning of Christmas Eve, Monday, December 24. A Mason City woman, Terri Watts, arrived at her home at 140 6th Street SW (owned by Matt Marquardt) in Mason City along with her 14-year-old daughter. They were shocked to find a grubby, disheveled man sleeping on their couch.

“We were horrified,” Mrs. Watts said. “The guy was sleeping on our couch, his head on our pillow, and he was wearing my daughter’s clothes. He had rummaged through our house and messed everything up.”

The terrified mother and daughter ran upstairs and dialed 911. Mason City police quickly arrived and confronted the apparent criminal on the couch. Allegedly, he was wearing the young teen’s clothes and even had Mrs. Watt’s credit cards in his wallet. A large knife was also found by police. Officers demanded the man put out a cigarette before they rousted him into handcuffs.

Arrested was 30-year-old James Grant Dulude, no known address. He was charged with felony second-degree burglary. Court records show Dulude later entered a guilty plea to an amended charge of third-degree burglary. This month, he was sentenced to 15 years in prison and has since been shipped away to serve his sentence.

Dulude stole a car in Mason City back on November 26, 2018, in Mason City. He pled guilty on December 19 and on December 20, a judge rendered the guilty verdict to a charge of operating a vehicle without the owner’s consent. Judge Adam Sauer sentenced Dulude to 14 days in jail. However, he very apparently was OK to walk the streets of Mason City for unknown reasons.

Dulude has a long criminal history including felony theft convictions in Bremer county from 2011. He was accused of felony criminal mischief in Franklin county in 2016 and was then sent to the infamous Beje Clark facility in Mason City as some kind of punishment. After arriving in Mason City, Dulude took root in town and to continue his criminal ways here. Now, he will serve time in prison, likely less than his 15-year sentence.

DULUDE, JAMES GRANT
Beje Clark: Where regional crooks are sent who then take root in Mason City to wreak havoc on law-abiding citizens?
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