Albany man receives prison sentence after Polk County Jail altercation

Ivan Rosalio Mendez-Perez, 30, has been sentenced to serve 2 ½ years in prison for his actions in initiating a verbal and physical altercation within the Polk County Jail with multiple corrections deputies.

Mendez-Perez, of Albany, was sentenced April 14 by Polk County Circuit Judge Rafael A. Caso after a jury found him guilty of multiple crimes, including assaulting a public safety officer, two counts of attempting to assault a public safety officer, sex abuse 3, and bias crime 2. Mendez-Perez will also be required to serve a two-year term of post-prison supervision upon his release.

Mendez-Perez was already serving a term of incarceration and Caso ordered that the sentence be served consecutively to that existing sentence…

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