A Carroll man remains in custody following a disturbance in the 500 block of N. Main Street Tuesday night. The Carroll Police Department received the report at approximately 10:12 p.m. and the arriving officers were told there was an intoxicated male in the business who was wielding a knife. They located 44-year-old David Paul Sousa and believed him to be under the influence of narcotics and he was found to have a knife with a blade approximately seven inches in length concealed on his person. Sousa was arrested and charged with carrying weapons. He is also currently in community-based corrections with Iowa’s second-judicial district following his release from prison on a 2017 burglary conviction. Sousa, who had a reported Humboldt address at that time, was sentenced to up to 10 years in prison after admitting he had broken into a Webster County residence with the intent to steal items from the property when he was caught by the residents who arrived home during the burglary. Second-degree burglary charges in Iowa are class C felonies and punishable by no more than 10 years in prison and fines of up to $10,000. The carrying weapons charge is an aggravated misdemeanor and punishable by as much as two years in prison and a fine of up to $6,250.
