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<p>WILKES-BARRE &#8212; A Plains Township man who admitted to stabbing a grocery store employee and told police he was a pirate may serve up to six years in state prison.</p><p>Joseph Pradel, 26, was sentenced Nov. 10 in Luzerne County Court to spend two to six years behind bars on one count of aggravated assault, according to court papers. Judge Joseph F. Sklarosky Jr. also ordered the man to undergo an anger management evaluation.</p><p>According to a criminal complaint, Pradel was highly intoxicated when he entered the Weis Market on North River Street, Plains Township, on Dec. 3 and attacked an employee.</p><p>Wielding a pair of scissors in each hand, Pradel stabbed the man several times before other employees responded to their co-worker&#8217;s cries for help, police say.</p><p>The store employees subdued Pradel until police arrived.</p><p>After his arrest, Pradel was rambling incoherently about various controlled substances, police say, and in his ramblings told officers he was a pirate who travelled to America on the Santa Maria in 1776.</p><p>Pradel pleaded guilty to the aggravated assault charge in September. Court papers say he received credit for eight days time served.</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">In the Times Leader file photo, police in December escort Joseph Pradel to an arraignment on charges he stabbed an employee at the Weis Market on North River Street, Plains Township. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/web1_TTL110414stabbing.jpg</photo0><caption0>In the Times Leader file photo, police in December escort Joseph Pradel to an arraignment on charges he stabbed an employee at the Weis Market on North River Street, Plains Township. </caption0><photoCredit0>Clark Van Orden | Times Leader </photoCredit0></div></div>
<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By James O&#8217;Malley</p><p>jomalley@www.timesleader.com</p></bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta><p>Reach James O&#8217;Malley at 570-991-6390 or on Twitter @TL_omalley.</p></shirttailMeta></div>

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