Ex-Cedar Rapids Prep principal gets probation after plea in harassment case

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — The former principal of a Cedar Rapids charter school has been sentenced to one year of probation and ordered to pay a $105 after allegedly threatening to slit someone’s throat earlier this year.

Court documents show Justin Blietz took a plea deal earlier this month on a third-degree harassment count and getting a first-degree charge dropped in exchange. He’ll get judgement deferred for one year.

Third-degree harassment under Iowa law does not require proof of a threat of bodily injury or death. Blietz pleaded guilty only to that lesser offense…

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