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Mendota man gets 4 years for biting cop · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Mendoda man gets four years for biting coup Written by
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  Speaker 1: Tom Collins, This article is being read by an automated
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  Speaker 1: voice brought to you by Everlett. A. Mendoda man is
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  Speaker 1: headed to prison for four years for illegally carrying a
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  Speaker 1: loaded firearm and then biting one of his arresting officers
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  Speaker 1: on the arm. Rodney Cea Row Junior, twenty three, was
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  Speaker 1: set for trial Monday in LaSalle County Circuit Court for
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  Speaker 1: multiple felonies stemming from a May ninth police pursuit in Mendota. However,
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  Speaker 1: Roe cut a trial, averting plea. On Thursday. He pleaded
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  Speaker 1: guilty to one count of aggravated battery to a politice officer,
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  Speaker 1: a class two felony carrying three to seven years, and
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  Speaker 1: was sentenced to four years in prison. Roe also pleaded
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  Speaker 1: guilty to one count of aggravated unlawful possession of a weapon,
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  Speaker 1: a Class three felony carrying two to five years. He
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  Speaker 1: was sentenced to three years, but that prison term will
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  Speaker 1: run concurrently with his battery conviction. He has about two
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  Speaker 1: months credit for time served and could be released in
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  Speaker 1: late twenty twenty seven or early twenty twenty eight. Roe
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  Speaker 1: was charged after Mondota Police officers observed an individual operating
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  Speaker 1: an off road motorcycle on city streets. Officers recognized Roe,
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  Speaker 1: known to have a suspended license, and made contact with him.
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  Speaker 1: Roe is alleged to have dropped a black bag and
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  Speaker 1: fled on foot. Officers pursued Roe and apprehended him a
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  Speaker 1: short distance away, police said. During the arrest, police said
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  Speaker 1: Roe resisted and bit an officer on the arm. Following
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  Speaker 1: the incident, officers recovered the black bag, which was found
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  Speaker 1: to contain a loaded firearm.