By Scott Carlson-North Platte Post
McCook, Neb.-An Iowa man will spend the next 10 to 12 years in prison for assaulting two McCook police officers and stealing a squad car.
On March 20, authorities in Cedar Rapids, Iowa notified McCook police that a stolen vehicle had been tracked to that area.
Officers located the vehicle and its driver, Cornelius Perry, 32, of Cedar Rapids.
Police said when officers attempted to take Perry into custody, he resisted, assaulting two officers, and drove off in one of the patrol vehicles.
Perry was apprehended a short time later and taken into custody.
Perry later pleaded guilty to two counts of 3rd-degree assault of an officer, theft by unlawful taking, possession of stolen property, resisting arrest, and flight to avoid arrest.
On Monday, Perry appeared in Red Willow County District Court before Judge David Dearborn.
Dearborn sentenced Perry to ten to twelve years total in the Nebraska Department of Corrections.
He was given credit for 80 days already served.