A Routt County resident arrested last spring following a pair of high-speed pursuits with local law enforcement officers has been sentenced to serve 42 months in state prison.

Casey Baverstock, 50, was arrested in early June and charged with two counts of felony vehicular eluding and four other traffic offenses. A Routt County jury found him guilty of those charges in a trial that concluded in January.

Announced in a news release last week by the Office of 14th Judicial District Attorney Matt Karzen, the sentence — handed down by Routt County Judge Michael O’Hara — is a result of two separate high-speed pursuits that occurred last year on May 31.

According to an arrest affidavit issued by the Routt County Sheriff’s Office, a patrol sergeant was facing west on U.S. Highway 40 by Milner and sitting in heavy traffic when a silver Dodge Ram driven by Baverstock sped by the sergeant in a dangerous manner.

Baverstock reportedly passed three vehicles on the left side of the road in an unsafe manner, though the area is marked as a legal passing zone. Law enforcement officers then pursued the vehicle, but subsequently called off the chase due to safety concerns.

According to the affidavit, the sergeant estimated Baverstock’s truck was traveling 90 mph before officers attempted to pull the vehicle over and reached speeds in excess of 100 mph during the initial pursuit.

A second pursuit later in the day in South Routt County was also terminated due to safety concerns. Steamboat Springs police arrested Baverstock on a warrant days later. During the arrest, officers found him in possession of nearly 10 grams of methamphetamine, according to court documents.

Following a two-day jury trial in January, Baverstock, who pleaded not guilty to the six charges against him, was convicted of two counts of Class 5 felony vehicular eluding and four traffic offenses.

A spokesperson for the district attorney’s office said the methamphetamine possession charges were dismissed after the convictions for Baverstock’s felony traffic charges were secured. Prosecuting attorney Joseph Bucci could not be reached for comment.

The district attorney’s office said the sentence for the four vehicular violations would be served concurrently to the 42-month prison sentence handed down by a Routt County judge last week for the two felony counts of vehicular eluding.

Public defender Abby Kurtz-Phelan represented Baverstock. It is the policy of the public defender’s office for attorneys appointed to represent individuals facing criminal charges not to comment on those cases.