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(KLZA)-- Tecumseh State correction Institution inmate, 30-year-old James Pilcher has been sentenced in Johnson County District court for an October 25, 2018 assault with a weapon.
A news release from Johnson County Attorney Rick Smith said during the incident, a staff member was retrieving an item from Pilcher's cell, when Pilcher reached out through the hatch in is cell door and swung a makeshift knie at the staff member, striking him in the abdomen and causing a superficial puncture wound.
District Judge Rick Schreiner added 10 to 20 years to Pilcher's current prison sentence, which was prevsiously set to end in 2022.
Pilcher is servic ea six-year sentence for assault convictions out of Lancaster County.
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