MASON CITY – A Mason City man with a history of property damage has been sent to jail for vandalizing local businesses.
On August 25, 2019, Mason City Police Department officers located and arrested Bill John Grouette Jr. age 36 years for 2nd degree criminal mischief. Grouette spray painted and vandalized walls and windows of various businesses in the Mason City downtown area during August.
Grouette later entered a guilty plea to third-degree criminal mischief. He was sent to jail for 7 days and a $625.00 fine was waived. However he must pay $625.00 in court costs and fees.
Back in April of 2017, Bill Grouette, Jr. was charged with felony second-degree criminal mischief in connection to a series of spray-paint graffiti allegedly committed between April 15 thru April 19, 2017. Police allege that Grouette spray painted locations along Hwy 122 East, the 400 block of South Federal, and the Meredith Wilson Footbridge over a few days.
