By Zack McDonald
The News Herald
PANAMA CITY — A Tennessee man has been sentenced to almost eight years in prison for assaulting a federal prison guard, according to a U.S. Attorney’s Office news release.
Kenneth Hobson, 33, of Memphis, Tenn., was sentenced Tuesday to 92 months in prison for knowingly assaulting and injuring a correctional officer at the Federal Correctional Institution in Marianna. The sentence was announced by Christopher P. Canova, Acting United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
The jury convicted the defendant Aug. 11 after the government presented evidence that, in July 2014, Hobson forcibly assaulted a corrections officer when the officer attempted to search him for possession of contraband. During the assault, Hobson delivered multiple punches to the officer’s face and body, punching and kicking the officer as he was rendered unconscious. The officer fell to the ground, and Hobson continued to punch and kick him. The officer sustained contusions to his face and jaw, a fractured cheek bone and a loose tooth.