Charles City man sentenced to probation for burglary and causing injury

By Bob Steenson, bsteenson@charlescitypress.com

A Charles City man who was charged with hitting a woman with a gun and causing injuries has been sentenced to probation and ordered to spend time in a residential facility.

Tristan M. Walker, age 40, had pleaded guilty to burglary in the second degree, a Class C felony. He had originally been charged with burglary in the first degree, a Class B felony. He also pleaded guilty to charges of going armed with intent, a Class D felony, and willful injury causing bodily injury, also a Class D felony.

On Monday, Floyd County Judge DeDra Schroeder sentenced Walker to up to 10 years in prison on the burglary conviction, along with a $1,000 fine and 15% surcharge.

That sentence was suspended and Walker was sentenced to five years of probation with the Iowa Department of Correctional Services, ordered to not drink or use illegal drugs, be subject to random drug testing and be placed at Waterloo Residential Facility, Beje Clark Residential Facility in Mason City or a similar facility “until maximum benefits are achieved.”

He is to remain in custody until bed space is available, Schroeder ordered.

She sentenced Walker to up to five years in prison on each of the D felonies, along with a $750 fine and surcharge on each, then suspended those sentences as well and ordered Walker to be on probation for five years for each count, plus the same restrictions as for the burglary count.

Schroeder ordered that all the sentences be served consecutively, meaning if he were to violate his probation he could be sent to prison for up to a total of 20 years.

According to the criminal complaints filed in 2018 in Floyd County District Court, on Aug. 11, 2018, Walker struck a woman several times in her head with a gun while she was sitting in a car in a parking lot in the 2100 block of Clark Avenue, causing a golfball-size lump on her head.

The court documents say Walker and another woman, Tasiana Stephens, now age 32 and serving a prison sentence for the incident, were involved in the attack.