A Mason City woman who bit a Cerro Gordo County jailer has been given a suspended sentence and probation. Twenty-four-year-old Kimberly Prestby was being booked into the Cerro Gordo County Jail on April 13th when she allegedly went out of control a bit jailer Jennifer Platts. The bite did not require medical treatment.
Prestby pleaded guilty to assaulting a peace officer. She was given 730 days of probation, a suspended jail sentence of 365 days and a $625 suspended fine. She also was sentenced for her convictions on three counts of harassment.
Prestby was given seven days in jail, a suspended sentence of 365 days in jail and 730 days of probation. The sentences are to be served at the same time.
By Bob Fisher, KRIB, Mason City