The Chicago Tribune
DUBUQUE, Iowa — A former Chicago police officer sentenced to 5 years in prison for assault with serious injury in Iowa reported for prison Monday in that state.
Michael Mette, 30, will be held in a prison reception center until authorities decide where he will be incarcerated. Mette was sentenced last July for the 2005 incident in Dubuque, Iowa.
The incident occurred after Mette and several friends left a house party and got involved in an altercation with two men living in the house, according to the opinion written by District Court Judge Monica Ackley.
The victim, according to the opinion, was “getting into the face” of Mette, and pushed him while screaming at him. Mette punched him, breaking his nose and knocking him out.
Mette claimed self-defense but was convicted of the felony, which mandated a 5-year sentence.
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