BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) — A 22-year-old Spokane, Wash., man who led Montana authorities on a chase that included driving backward on the interstate and jumping into a creek before surrendering has been sentenced to four years in prison.
The Bozeman Daily Chronicle reports Anthony E. Burke was sentenced Monday by District Judge Mike Salvagni. The term will run concurrently with a federal sentence for possessing ammunition after having been committed to a psychiatric institution.
Burke was wanted on a federal probation violation in April when a Three Forks gas station clerk reported seeing a man punch out a car window, get in the vehicle and drive off.
Gallatin County officers and Montana Highway Patrol troopers chased Burke for nearly an hour, trying to stop him with spike strips and road blocks as he swerved wildly on Interstate 90 in the Bozeman area.
