HUTCHINSON, Kan. — A 41-year-old Hutchinson man who entered a plea to a number of charges will serve more than 13 years in prison.

Gregory Collins entered pleas to aggravated assault and criminal damage to property as well as three counts of solicitation to commit perjury and nine counts of violation of a protection from abuse order.

Both sides recommended community corrections, but after Reno County District Judge Trish Rose started to order the sentence served, the defense asked her to consider a durational departure, meaning less prison time. After hearing arguments Friday morning, Judge Rose again stuck with her original order for sentencing, citing Collins’ extensive history of violence, which she says goes back to 1996.

The case started on Jan. 4 when the victim was reportedly attacked with a knife by Collins. He was convicted for holding the victim against her will, putting her in fear of her safety and causing damage to the home in the 600 block of East F. He was also convicted of heating up a taser, then putting it against her neck and threatening to kill her.