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Clarinda man sentenced for assaulting a peace officer

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January 3rd, 2019 by Ric Hanson

A Clarinda man who plead guilty to a charge of Assault on persons in certain occupations causing bodily injury, was ordered last month to serve two-years in prison. According to online court records, the sentence for 43-year old Michael Lynn Burgess, was handed down Dec. 18th in District Court. The sentence is with regard to a Nov. 29, 2018 incident involving a peace officer, and will run concurrently with another sentence Burgess is currently serving. He was also ordered to pay court costs, restitution and surcharges.