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Heard on: Cerro Gordo County Sheriff, Mason City Police and Fire · 2 days ago
05:53
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Seventy-two and fifty-eight, can I have the two of you head up toward the area around Fourth and South Vermont?
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We got a call of a male subject walking up and down the area.
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Man detained after waving hatchet near Carolina bridge

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As discussed during the dispatch call, officers responded to reports of a man reportedly waving a hatchet near Fourth Street and South Vermont in Mason City, Iowa. The subject was later spotted near the Carolina bridge carrying what appeared to be a hand tool. He was taken into custody without reported injury. The situation appears to have been resolved peacefully.

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N Carolina Ave, Mason City, IA 50401
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