By Associated Press - Tuesday, May 20, 2014

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) - A man who hit a Tumwater police officer in the head with a hammer was sentenced Monday in Olympia to 15 years in prison.

Twenty-four-year-old Mark Thomas pleaded guilty to assault with a deadly weapon.

He attacked Officer Austin Cady in September as officers entered an apartment looking for a runaway girl.



The Olympian reports (https://bit.ly/1klAoIH) the Cady missed four months of work but has recovered.

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