Inmate charged after spitting on deputy

MASON CITY – A Mason City man is facing three counts of assault after allegedly spitting on a deputy.

King Allah James, age 26, is currently jailed for felony domestic abuse and numerous no-contact order violations. Allegedly, on the afternoon of April 22, James committed the offense of assault on a jailer. He spit on a Cerro Gordo County Jailer while in custody at the Cerro Gordo County Jail twice after refusing to obey orders from the jailer. The jailer was hit in the face by the spit and on the shirt. The charge is a serious misdemeanor. He was charged with three counts of assault on a peace officer.

James was involved in a fight at the Cerro Gordo county jail on March 28. He was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct.

James still awaits a trial date for the charge of felony domestic abuse after first entering an insanity plea and then later withdrawing the plea, court records show.