PORT TOWNSEND — A 29-year-old man pleaded guilty to second-degree assault and was sentenced to six months in Jefferson County Jail for kicking a state trooper in the head multiple times during a traffic stop.

Alejandro Almiral-Nieves pleaded guilty on Tuesday in Jefferson County Superior Court and was given credit for time served.

He remained in the county jail on Wednesday and will serve the balance of his sentence there, the Jefferson County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office stated in a news release.

Second-degree assault, a Class B felony, is a violent strike offense, but when the defendant has no felony criminal history, the standard sentencing range is three months to nine months in jail, the prosecuting attorney’s office said.

The trooper, Brandon Johanson, sustained a concussion in

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