A Cody man is headed back to prison after throwing a mixture of his own blood, spit and urine into a detention deputy’s face in February; prosecutors say was an attempt to infect the deputy with Hepatitis C.

Last week, Kyle A. Adkins, 25, pleaded guilty to a felony charge of aggravated assault and battery on a detention officer, admitting to allegations that he propelled bodily fluids at the deputy with the intent to infect him with a “contagious life-threatening disease.”

District Court Judge Steven Cranfill sentenced Adkins to eight to 10 years in prison at the March 23 hearing. That’s the maximum possible sentence under the statute. Adkins agreed to serve the time as part of a plea deal with the Park County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office that involved the prosecution dropping several unrelated charges.

Court records say the assault on the deputy took place on Feb. 26 — just months after Adkins got out of prison for a 2013 altercation with a different Park County detention deputy.

In an affidavit filed in support of the recent case, Park County Sheriff’s Office Detention Deputy Clayton Creel said Adkins threw a cup of liquid in his face as he and a jail nurse were delivering Adkins’ medications.

Adkins later explained he’d brushed his teeth until his gums bled, spit the blood and saliva into a juice cup he’d saved from breakfast, then urinated in it, Creel’s affidavit says.

“Adkins admitted he premeditated this act and that he specifically intended ‘to teach me (Creel) a lesson,’” the deputy wrote.

According to the affidavit, Adkins has Hepatitis C, a liver disease that is spread by blood. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control says that, while most people do not experience any symptoms, “chronic Hepatitis C is a serious disease that can result in long-term health problems, including liver damage, liver failure, liver cancer or even death.”

Adkins previously was convicted of a felony count of attempting to cause bodily injury to a peace officer for taking swings at a deputy while he was jailed in Cody in December 2013. Adkins received an 18- to 36-month prison sentence and was released from the Wyoming State Penitentiary in Rawlins on Nov. 28.

But two weeks later — on Dec. 10 — Adkins was arrested in Cody on a burglary charge. Cody police alleged that Adkins went into an E Avenue home with another man and broke a bedroom door to get some items; a $30 space heater and $150 worth of firewood was reported missing.

Adkins made bail on the felony charge on Dec. 21, but he was rearrested in rural Powell three weeks later on misdemeanor charges of criminal entry and being under the influence of a controlled substance.

In that Jan. 9 incident, authorities alleged that an intoxicated Adkins walked into a Crestview Drive home around 11 a.m., unnerving a 92-year-old woman who was there visiting her son.

Adkins began crying after his arrest and said he’d injected himself with methamphetamine an hour or two earlier, Park County Sheriff’s Deputy Andy MaGill wrote in an affidavit. Adkins also recalled smoking marijuana, drinking a few shots of alcohol and taking Oxycontin, a prescription painkiller, MaGill wrote.

Adkins was unable to make bail after that arrest and drew a new citation for battery — for a Feb. 2 altercation with another inmate — and then the felony assault charge for the altercation with the deputy on Feb. 26.

As part of the plea deal with prosecutors, the burglary, criminal entry, under the influence and battery charges were dismissed.

Adkins had served 65 days in jail at the time of sentencing, time that will be applied toward his prison time.