HUTCHINSON, Kan. — A 33-year-old man serving time for murder and other charges out of Labette County and also entered pleas to aggravated battery and trafficking contraband in a penal institution here in Reno County was sentenced Friday morning to an additional 13 and a half years in prison.

Mark Baker entered the guilty pleas for crimes that occurred Dec. 6, 2018.

It started when a correctional officer at the Hutchinson Correctional Facility told Baker to go back to his cell and Baker refused. The officer told the court at the preliminary hearing that he had to tell Baker three or four times, yet Baker refused. At one point, they were near his cell cussing at each other. Baker grabbed a shank and attacked the officer with it. The officer suffered six abrasions, including at least two puncture wounds.

The officer was taken to the Hutchinson Clinic where he was stabilized. He was then taken to Hutchinson Regional Medical Center as a trauma patient where he spent a day in the hospital for treatment, then was released.

Baker became upset when his request to speak with a counselor was denied. It was denied because he had no paperwork associated with the request.

The sentence was handed down by District Judge Trish Rose.