MASON CITY – Mason City police apprehended a wanted woman who allegedly has been dealing methamphetamine. Police took Bridget Lynette Stitt, age 29, into custody Wednesday. She had been wanted since March…
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Crooks in clown masks rob bank; are later caught and sentenced
FARGO – U.S. Attorney Timothy Q. Purdon announced that on April 23, 2014, Satrone Rashard Boyd, 38, of Dickinson, North Dakota, was sentenced before U.S. District Judge Ralph R. Erickson to serve…
Mason City man arrested for sex offender registry violation
MASON CITY – Police arrested a Mason City man Tuesday evening for violation of the sex offender registry. Cerro Gordo deputies went to the home of 26-year-old Christian George Andersen, at 324…
Judge Rose sentences meth dealers to prison
MARSHALLTOWN, IOWA – On Friday, April 18, 2014, the last of ten defendants from Marshalltown, Iowa and elsewhere were sentenced on federal drug trafficking and money laundering charges announced United States Attorney…
Iowa City adult novelty store robbed Tuesday
IOWA CITY – On April 22, 2014 at 10:56pm, Iowa City Police officers were dispatched to Romantix at 315 Kirkwood Av for a robbery that had just occurred. A female employee reported…
Iowa criminal investigators look of answers in man’s shooting death
BEDFORD – On April 23, 2014, the Taylor County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call indicating a shooting had occurred. Authorities arrived on scene and identified the body of an adult male…
US firm charged with shipping prohibited machinery to Iran
WASHINGTON – A criminal information has been filed against a Pennsylvania firm and its chief officer, charging them with conspiracy to evade export reporting requirements and with attempting to smuggle to Iran…
Wanted Mason City man caught by police
MASON CITY – A man wanted for failing to show up in court on numerous outstanding charges was caught by police Tuesday. Michael Patrick Reich was arrested by police Tuesday around noon…
Mason City woman arrested for assault
MASON CITY – A Mason City woman was arrested for a domestic assault Monday night. Police were called to 810 Commercial Alley Monday night at about 10:11 PM after a caller reported…
Wanted Mason City woman arrested Tuesday morning
MASON CITY – Police located a wanted Mason City woman early Tuesday morning and placed her under arrest. Peggijo Lynn Stinnett, age 28, was wanted on a warrant related to violating the…
Mason City man arrested for sex offender registry violation
MASON CITY – Police arrested a Mason City man Tuesday afternoon for violation of the sex offender registry. Cerro Gordo deputies went to the home of 26-year-old Anthony Junnell Rolfes, at 324…
Mason City man to spend 6 months in Beje Clark
MASON CITY – A Mason City man has been found guilty of violating his probation related to a number of cases where he received suspended prison sentences and will spend 6 months…
Mason City man charged with dealing meth
MASON CITY – Clear Lake police arrested a Mason City man on drug charges on April 16. Craig Grayson, age 49, was charged with felony B drug possession, felony D failure to…
Iowa City police investigate shooting
IOWA CITY – On April 20, 2014, at approximately 3:02 a.m., Iowa City Police officers responded to the Pheasant Ridge Apartments located at 2626 Bartelt Rd. for multiple reports of gunshots and…
Ames police seek more possible miscreants from riots
AMES – Police in Ames released photos of possible suspects who took part in riots on April 8 and 9. Police said they need some help identifying the people in pictures they…
Iowa weed dealer sent to prison for three years
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Cedar Rapids man who was the former owner of the Sound Shop, a Cedar Rapids business, was sentenced today to more than 3 years in federal prison. Nels…
Kidnapping charge dismissed against Mason City man
MASON CITY – A Mason City man who was arrested charges that included felony kidnapping appears set to take a plea deal. According to police, on November 16th at about 12:43 PM,…
Rudd woman pleads not guilty to abandoning needy residents
MASON CITY –Â Â A Rudd woman who allegedly abandoned people that depended on her care at an assisted living complex in Mason City earlier this month has pleaded not guilty to six felonies,…
Utah man pleads guilty to firing his Walther .22 caliber handgun at synagogue
SALT LAKE CITY – Macon Openshaw, 21, pleaded guilty in the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah Wednesday to a federal civil rights crime relating to a bias-motivated weapons discharge…
Prison inmate who threatened judge gets 5 years in prison
MINNEAPOLIS – A US Attorney announced this month that a Texas man convicted of mailing threatening communications was sentenced on March 25, 2014, by Chief Judge Ralph R. Erickson, U.S. District Court…
Man charged with federal hate crime for threatening inter-racial family
SALT LAKE CITY – The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Utah and the Department of Justice announced Monday that an information has been filed charging Robert Keller, 70, with interfering with the housing…
Wanted Mason City man caught Saturday
MASON CITY – A wanted Mason City man was caught by police Saturday and taken to jail. A called reported that Joseph Michael Evenson, age 25, was at the 700 block of…
Elma man charged with shoplifting at Wal-Mart
MASON CITY – Police were called to the Mason City Wal-Mart Friday for a theft report. According to a report, employees at the store called police after detaining an adult male shoplifter….
Sex offender fails to register, Judge Rose sentences him to 21 months in prison
COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA – A sex offender who moved to Iowa for a month, but did not register with the sex offender registry, was sentenced to 21 moths in prison by federal…
Ames police announce more arrests connected to last week’s riots
AMES – Ames police continue to investigate and pursue leads related to last week’s riots that ruined the annual VEISHEA celebration. According to Commander Geoff Huff, Ames Police made additional arrests from…
Sioux Falls man appears in court on charge of attempting to entice female under age of 14
MINNEAPOLIS – United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Sioux Falls, South Dakota man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for attempted commercial sex trafficking. James Anthony Murphy,…
Seven South Dakotans charged in meth conspiracy
MINNEAPOLIS – United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a second group of individuals from Wagner, South Dakota, has been indicted by a federal grand jury for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine…
Clear Lake man’s jail sentence upheld by appeals court
DES MOINES – A Clear Lake man appealed his jail sentence stemming from a conviction on third degree theft, and lost. Shawn Benedict Zimmerman appealed his conviction for theft in the third…
Autopsy completed on murdered Iowa woman
CAMBRIDGE, IA – On April 14, 2014, at approximately 5:17 p.m., the Huxley Police Department responded to 117 Race Street in Cambridge, Iowa, in response to a welfare check. Upon checking the…
Wanted, violent Mason City man turns himself in to police
MASON CITY – A Mason City felon accused of violent crimes and wanted for months for parole and probation violations turned himself in to police Tuesday night. Benjamin Bravo Gonzalez, age 31,…
Mason City man arrested after allegedly assaulting woman
MASON CITY – Police were called to a Mason City apartment house after a report that a man had assaulted a woman. Officers were dispatched to 627 8th Street SE on Monday…
Mason City woman faces parole violation
MASON CITY – A convicted felon is facing her second parole violation and is being held in jail on no bond. Krystel Rae Anderson, age 29, was arrested by Mason City police…
Another man found guilty of sex trafficking as a result of sting at Sturgis bike rally
MINNEAPOLIS – United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that James Eugene Larive, Jr., age 43, of Belle Fourche, South Dakota, was found guilty of commercial sex trafficking as a result of…
Utah woman accused of murdering 7 babies
PLEASANT GROVE, UTAH – Police in this Utah community discovered the bodies of seven infants at a home where the mother perviously lived, and the woman was arrested and charged with six…
Mason City man in jail for violating terms of probation on drug charge
MASON CITY – A Mason City man was arrested and jailed Monday for allegedly violating his probation related to a drug charge. Jamison D. Diekhuis, age 19, was arrested by Mason City…
Man who threatened to kill passengers on airplane indicted by grand jury
WASHINGTON – A Virginia man who made threats to kill passengers on a United Airlines flight has been indicted by a federal grand jury for interference with flight crew members and attendants….
Chicago man arrested in Charles City for credit card fraud
CHARLES CITY – A Chicago man was picked up by police in Charles City last week for credit card fraud. According to records, Johnigan Stewart, age 34, was charged by Charles City…
Wanted Mason City woman arrested
MASON CITY – Police located and took into custody a wanted Mason City woman Friday morning. On Friday at about 9:30 AM, police came into contact with Tabatha Marie Hamilton, age 23,…
Inmates charged after altercation
MASON CITY – Two inmates in the Cerro Gordo County Jail are faces charges after an altercation Friday evening. De Shawn Muhammad, age 27, and Deshon Earl Holmes, age 27, were involved…
Rockwell man arrested for harassment
THORNTON – Police arrested a Rockwell man for harassment Friday, after an investigation. James Ross Grant, age 64, was picked up in Thornton by a Cerro Gordo deputy Friday at about 11…