A 34-year-old Minot man who led law enforcement on an hour-long chase through multiple counties on June 2 will serve about two years in prison.

Trenton Jacob Kary entered guilty pleas Wednesday to felony reckless endangerment, unauthorized use of a vehicle and fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer.

Under a plea deal, North Central District Court Judge Todd Cresap sentenced him to a total of five years in prison for each of the three charges, with a requirement that he serve two years, followed by three years of supervised probation. He will receive credit for 104 days already served. The sentences will be served concurrently. He also pleaded guilty to preventing arrest, a Class A misdemeanor, and was sentenced to one year in prison, with credit for 106 days served. That sentence will also run concurrently with the sentences for the other charges.

Kary said he had nothing to say during a hearing on Wednesday.

In July, Cresap dismissed two felony charges against Kary, reckless endangerment and injury of a police dog, because he said the court lacked jurisdiction. So far, charges haven’t been refiled against Kary in the appropriate jurisdiction.

According to a probable cause affidavit and testimony given in July, North Dakota Highway Patrol Trooper Denton Heisler was on patrol on U.S. Highway 52 south of Minot when he received a report of a reckless driver who had run through multiple stop signs. Heisler pursued the vehicle. A dispatcher told him the maroon Ford F150 had been reported stolen and Heisler then turned on his emergency lights and pulled the vehicle over on County Road 16. Heisler drew his weapon and ordered Kary to show his hands, but Kary didn’t immediately comply. Heisler told Kary he wouldn’t ask again and Kary put his hands out the window. When Heisler ordered Kary to toss his keys outside the window, Kary allegedly told Heisler he was going to total the patrol vehicle with Heisler in it. Kary then drove off. Heisler got in the patrol vehicle and followed the stolen car. At that point, Heisler wrote, Kary put his vehicle into reverse and rammed into the front left corner and driver’s side of the patrol car. Kary drove into the ditch. Heisler drew his weapon again and ordered Kary to get out of the vehicle, but Kary ignored the command. He managed to drive out of the ditch and travel east on County Road 16 until he was out of sight.

Kary then allegedly fled for up to an hour through multiple counties, swerving on the highway when other drivers were on the road. He drove through the Department of Transportation parking lot and through a residential area near Velva, through someone’s backyard and over a drain pipe.

Kary allegedly attempted to strike a McHenry County Deputy in Sawyer as well as later in McHenry County and subsequently ran a squad car driven by Highway Patrol Lt. Jamie Huschka off the road. Heisler testified at the hearing that Kary was eventually trapped in a slough at the intersection of Highways 14 and 52 in McHenry County. A McLean County deputy and his police dog were called in to assist, Heisler testified, and Kary was hiding in the slough under a camouflage patterned raincoat. The police dog, Taz, scented Kary and alerted his handler. Officers ordered Kary to come out and warned them the dog would bite. Heisler testified that the deputy must have feared for his safety because he let the dog off his lead and the dog then apprehended Kary. The dog bit Kary and Kary is alleged to have struck the dog repeatedly in the face and ear.

The North Dakota Highway Patrol was assisted by the Minot Police Department and the sheriff’s offices in Ward, McHenry, McLean and Sheridan counties. The Wells County Sheriff’s Office and Harvey Police Department were on standby during the pursuit. The North Dakota Highway Patrol deployed its fixed wing aircraft to monitor the chase.