PTSD on Trial: Gulf War decorated veteran 15 years for assaulting a cop

Decorated vet gets 15 years for assaulting cop with car
By JOHN MOLSEED
WATERLOO - A Waterloo man was sentenced to 15 years in prison for driving his car at a Waterloo police officer.

Deon Lemar Mosley, 38, was sentenced Wednesday on a charge of assault on a peace officer. He was ordered to serve the sentence concurrent with a fifteen-year sentence on second-degree theft and a five-year sentence for eluding.

Mosley plead guilty Feb. 25 to the assault charge for driving his car at officer Kevin Boyland June 1, 2009. Boyland was attempting to arrest Mosley for parole violation at the parole office on East Fifth Street. Mosley was attempting to leave in a car as Boyland, who was on foot, motioned for Mosley to stop his car, Mosley accelerated toward the officer, police said.

Jim Katcher, assistant Black Hawk County attorney, asked the sentence be stacked consecutive to the second-degree theft and eluding sentences for a total of 35 years in prison.

Mosley's mother, Theresa Mosley, asked District Court Judge George Stigler to consider her son's military service and his struggles with post-traumatic stress disorder.
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Decorated vet gets 15 years for assaulting cop with car