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<p>WILKES-BARRE &#8212; A woman who pleaded guilty to causing a fracture in a Luzerne County prison guard&#8217;s back must spend at least two years behind bars.</p><p>Kassandra Lee Martin, 37, of Vandling, Lackawanna County, was sentenced to 12 to 24 months in prison on a count of aggravated assault, which will be followed by an identical term for possession of a controlled substance as an inmate.</p><p>She also faces six months of probation for a charge of resisting arrest. But that will be served consecutively, or at the same time, as her prison term for the second count.</p><p>The sentence was handed down by Luzerne County Judge David W. Lupas after Martin entered guilty pleas on the three charges in early April.</p><p>Martin was accused of slamming Lt. Sherry Souchick to the ground while she was being searched for contraband after she was spotted trying to push something into a body cavity in her cell.</p><p>Souchick suffered a back injury that was later diagnosed as a fracture to her second lumbar disc.</p><p>Lupas gave Martin nearly nine months credit for time served, but her new terms will not start until the completion of her previous sentences.</p><style>
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<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Patrick Kernan</p><p>pkernan@www.timesleader.com</p></bylineMeta></div>

Inmate sentenced for fracturing back of county prison guard