Sibley, Iowa — A Sibley man has been arrested on burglary, indecent exposure, and other charges.
According to a criminal complaint filed with the Osceola County Clerk of Court’s Office by the county sheriff’s office, 28-year-old Tristan Roetzel of Sibley is accused of stealing a car in a somewhat unusual way.
In his statement, the deputy says Roetzel rode a small electric scooter to the victim’s place, which he dropped near the roadway in the ditch before walking toward the garage. The car owner’s son was in the garage at the time and went into the house to tell his mother that someone was walking up the driveway. When the son and his mother returned back outside, Roetzel was allegedly inside the car backing it out of the garage. The deputy says Roetzel stopped the car outside the garage, stripped all his clothes off and got back into the car and left the property eastbound on Highway 9. The deputy says he was at the home investigating the incident when the sheriff’s office received a call from a citizen at Kwik Star in Sibley saying there was a naked man in a silver Camaro putting air in a tire. Another Osceola County Deputy was able to locate and stop the vehicle on 170th Street and Golfview Drive. The deputy writing the report says that when he got there the other deputy was speaking with Roetzel, who was still inside the car since he was naked. The deputies arrested Roetzel. After the victim returned home with the car, the deputy says he noticed a stress fracture in the windshield as well as some damage under the car and mud packed in the undercarriage.
Roetzel was charged with second-degree burglary, a class C felony and second-degree criminal mischief, a class D felony. If convicted, of a class C felony, he could face up to ten years in prison, and five years for a class D felony. He also faces misdemeanor charges of operating a vehicle without owner’s consent and indecent exposure.
At last report, Roetzel remained in the Osceola County Jail in Sibley in lieu of a $10,000 cash or surety bond.
