CLEAR LAKE ‐ Seven males and two females were arrested today, May 29, 2019, on charges related to solicitation of prostitution.
On Wednesday, investigators and officers conducted a sting operation in Clear Lake focusing on human trafficking and prostitution. This led to the arrest of:
– Steven Menke, age 61, Bancroft Iowa, Solicit Prostitution
– Brian Cole, age 55, Nashua Iowa, Solicit Prostitution
– Chad Sovanski, age 47, Milan Illinois, Solicit Prostitution
– Phillip Bishop, age 65, Mason City Iowa, Solicit Prostitution
– Jeramie Hagen, age 42, Crystal Lake Iowa, Solicit Prostitution and Delivery of a Controlled Substance
– Brian Bruton, age 48, Charles City Iowa, Solicit Prostitution
– Scott Biernbaum, age 48, Lincoln Nebraska and Clear Lake Iowa, Solicit Prostitution
– Mallory Wiese, age 26, Mason City Iowa, Prostitution
– Ashley Kelly, age 22, Midland Alabama, Prostitution
“The goal of this operation was to identify people who are involved in this type of criminal conduct,” said Clear Lake Police Captain Mike Colby. “We wanted to take a stance against human trafficking and to show that we have zero tolerance for such activities in our area.”
Clear Lake officers worked closely with other investigators from surrounding law enforcement agencies in order to successfully plan and safely execute this “sting” operation. All nine arrested individuals were transported to the Cerro County Jail.
The Clear Lake Police Department was assisted by: the Cerro Gordo County Sheriff’s Office, the Division of Criminal Investigation, the Hancock County Sheriff’s Office, the Mason City Police Department, and the North Central Iowa Drug Task Force.
Pretty sad that the working class of Mason City Community School District (MCCSD)
has to resort to this, to pay the bills, while the administration, principals, assist principals all get huge raises. The Mason City Board of Education is once again a beacon for the community. NOT!
wanted to start teaching sex education at MCHS, simply doing all the research she could
Prostitution should NOT be against the law. What consenting adults do is not of the Government or Law Enforcement business.
Sex for money is better than legalizing drugs and a lot more healthy. Sexually transmitted diseases can be controlled and most cured, people screwed up in the head from drugs can’t!
what legal drug is screwing people up in the head? oh, you’re talking about alcohol and nicotine and caffeine as well as prescription “medications”? cuz those things really do kill thousands each year. if youre talking about recreational marijuana im afraid you might be a bit of a drama queen and a dumbass….
Meth,heroin,
Thanks for proving the bloggers point. Only a pot head lazy ass like you would get offended by the truth. Ha ha ha!
clear lake pd trying to act like a big deal. clear lake pd doesnt know what human trafficking is, clearly. this is not human trafficking, this is classic ugly skids out trading sexual favors for money. these are not victims nor are these two the type of people we should be wasting effort on trying to save them.
I’ve always wondered why society feels a need to interfer with business agreement between consenting adults.
“Consenting” is the key word.
Legalize it, tax it, and let it go. More revenue for the city.
A girl has to make it any way she can.
Hey that girl works for Mason City School!
Not anymore I bet.
probably on PAID leave for the next 10 years
money is no problem at MCHS
ROTFL!!!
Pretty sad that the working class of Mason City Community School District (MCCSD)
has to resort to this to pay the bills while the administration, principals, assist principals all get huge raises. The Mason City Board of Education is once again a beacon for the community. NOT!
ugly girls, were they paying the men??
The first one is pretty cute. Sad.
if either of them are anything less than ugly as f**k im santa clause is the grand wizard of the kkk. that black girl looks like a dude and the white girl is just plain fugly.
Yet you love screwing pigs hayseed.
But only if they are related by blood.
You’d be really lucky to get either one, then they would have to be passed out.