JACK PANYARD/LNP Staff Writer
A Columbia man will spend up to five years in state prison after pleading no contest Wednesday to stabbing a Pennsylvania State Police trooper with a kitchen knife.
Michael Allen Smith, 55, of Union Street, attacked the trooper on Aug. 31 last year after officers tried to take him into custody at his home during an involuntary mental health commitment, according to police.
Smith pleaded guilty to two counts of aggravated assault, reckless endangerment and four other offenses Wednesday. Lancaster County Judge Thomas Sponaugle sentenced him to two to five years in state prison as part of a plea agreement.
While not an admission of guilt, a no-contest plea is considered a conviction. Smith acknowledged that prosecutors had enough evidence that a jury could convict him had the case gone to trial.
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