Kyle Scott Hansen, the man who took Security Police on a wild, high-speed chase through joint base Elmendorf Richardson on January 19, 2013, was sentenced on Tuesday in US District Court by Judge Sharon L Gleason to 60 months in prison and three years of supervised release. Judge Gleason also ordered Hansen to pay $78,310.44 for damages done on the base.

26-year-old Hansen had previously pled guilty to one count of assault on a federal officer.

It was in mid-January that Hansen drove his blue GMC pickup through closed lane at JBER’s Boniface gate. Security police on the base attempted to stop him as he continued to drive through JBER at speeds of up to 60 miles per hour. Hansen drove through JBER to the Government Hill gate in an attempt to exit the base, but that gate was closed, and so Hansen turned around to head back to the Boniface Gate. in the process of turning around one police vehicle was damaged.

A roadblock was set up in an effort to stop Hansen, but Hansen drove through an opening between the vehicles and a light pole. As he drove through the small opening, he struck the rifle of one of the security officers causing the rifle to strike the officer in the throat and knocking him down an embankment.

Hansen then crashed through the now closed Boniface Gate causing significant damage.

It wasn’t until the next day that Hansen was located and apprehended in Eagle River. His vehicle was later found in Airport Heights.

According to the Justice Deaprtment, Hansen, just prior to driving through the gate onto the base, had ingested Coricidin D. He used this over-the-counter drug as a replacement for illegal drugs and alcohol.

Judge Gleason pointed out at his sentencing hearing that Hansen already had four prior DUI convictions as well as a prior felony eluding conviction and that the latest incident happened only a short time after being released on a prior DUI. Judge Gleason recognized that “protection of the public” was one of her main sentencing goals and that, “when intoxicated; Hansen was a danger to the community and the public needs to be protected from him.