A Lansford man was sentenced to serve a state prison term on Monday on an assault count.

Erick Stephen Mack, 36, was sentenced by Judge Steven R. Serfass to serve 12 to 24 months in a state correctional institution on a charge of simple assault.Mack was charged by Lansford police for assaulting his wife on June 15, 2016, at their residence. Charges of terroristic threats and public drunkenness were dropped in a plea bargain.Mack told Serfass, "I hurt my family most and myself."Defense attorney Matthew Mottola, of the public defender's office, said Mack was a veteran and suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder, which led to alcohol and drug abuse.Mack was also sentenced on charges of driving under the influence and driving while license suspended-DUI related.On the DUI count he was sentenced to serve 10 days to 24 months, and on the suspension count, 45 to 90 days, he must serve the full 90 days, with the terms concurrent with each other and the assault charge.He was ordered to pay a $500 fine and his license was suspended for a year.Serfass also ordered him to get a drug and alcohol evaluation, zero tolerance for drug and alcohol use, and pay court costs of about $1,000.On a probation violation petition, which Mack did not contest, he was sentenced to serve six to 12 months in state prison, consecutive to the other charges. His total state term is 18 to 38 months.Mack, who is an inmate in the county prison on the charges, was given credit for 53 days spent in jail to date.