Feb 9, 2008 By Jennifer Harr 3 min read

An inmate at the state prison in Luzerne Township was sentenced to 21 to 42 more months behind bars Friday after he was convicted of assaulting a guard in 2005. Fayette County President Judge Conrad B. Capuzzi sentenced Robert Hankins, 40, on a charge of aggravated assault. Hankins was convicted of aggravated and simple assault earlier this week following a criminal jury trial.

Hankins hit a guard after the door to his cell in the long-term segregation unit at the State Correctional Institution at Fayette malfunctioned and opened on Dec. 6, 2005.

The Philadelphia native is in prison serving a six- to 15-year sentence for rape.

In other trial verdicts, James Walter Prinkey, 45, of Mill Run was convicted of possession of child pornography, contact with a minor, disseminating sexual material to a minor and designing obscene or sexual materials. The case ended in mistrial in February 2007.

State police charged Prinkey after he mailed pornographic photographs to a teenager. Police said he cut out the faces of two teenage girls he knew, and pasted them over the faces of women who were depicted in pornographic situations. The victims were 17 and 15, and the mailing took place in February 2006.

Judge Ralph C. Warman revoked Prinkey’s bond, and sent sentencing in the case for Feb. 20.

Other verdicts handed down this week include:

– Keith C. Hensel, 27, of Indian Head was acquitted of rape, statutory sexual assault, indecent assault and corruption of minors following a trial before Judge Gerald R. Solomon. The charges stemmed from an incident in Bullskin Township on June 1, 2004.

– Nathan Edward Hall, 30, of Dunbar was acquitted of theft and receiving stolen property stemming from an Aug. 2, 2006, incident in Dunbar. The trial was held before Solomon.

– Timothy Dean Palo, 47, of Uniontown was convicted of conspiracy to deliver drugs stemming from a drug deal in Uniontown on Nov. 21, 2006. The jury was hung on a charge of possession with the intent to deliver drugs following the trial before Solomon. Prosecutors can retry that charge.

– James Scott Nicholson, 43, of Normalville was convicted of rape and sexual assault following a trial before Judge John F. Wagner Jr. The charges stemmed from an Aug. 17 incident in Fairchance. Nicholson will be sentenced at a later date.

– Kristopher Neal Lewis, 30, of Uniontown was convicted of two counts of possession of a controlled substance and one count of possession with the intent to deliver drugs involving a drug deal on Feb. 14 in Bullskin Township. Solomon will sentence Lewis at a later date.

– James Eugene Every, 35, of Ronco was acquitted of burglary, theft, receiving stolen property, and criminal mischief following a trial before Capuzzi. The alleged offences occurred in South Union Township on May 6.

– Amber Noell Matlick, 24, of Smithfield was convicted of two counts of possession with the intent to deliver drugs and conspiracy to commit possession with the intent to deliver drugs and one count of possession of a controlled substance related to a drug deal on Nov. 4, 2006, in Connellsville. Wagner will sentence her at a later date.