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Man Gets 14 Years in Attack on Jailer

A man whose attack on a Peoria County Jail officer forced the victim to have hip-replacement surgery has been sentenced to the maximum of 14 years in prison.

Circuit Judge Steve Kouri told 25-year-old Josiah Gamble the severe injury Rick Wieland sustained will stay with the victim for life, so the punishment should be severe.

Gamble acted as his own attorney in defending himself against the charge of aggravated battery related to the assault last March.

Gamble decried the proceedings and vowed to appeal, insisting he wasn't given an opportunity to show he acted in self-defense.

But a prosecutor played a video in court showing Gamble being restrained and verbally abusing jail staff as he was taken to an isolation cell.

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