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Mason City women given suspended sentence for biting jailer

April 26, 2011 By Radio Iowa Contributor

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

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