A federal judge sentenced a Casper man - who led police on a six-hour foot chase a year ago and later attempted to escape from jail in Wheatland - to more than 124 years in prison on multiple drug and firearms charges on Monday, according to court documents filed Tuesday.

For a half hour during sentencing, U.S. District Court Judge Clarence Brimmer in Cheyenne heard Armour Jolley outline the factors why he should receive a lesser sentence, prosecutor and Assistant U.S. Attorney Greg Phillips said.

Brimmer sentenced Jolley to the low end of the mandatory minimum sentencing guidelines for conviction on the drug charges, Phillips said.

But the judge had no control over the harsh sentencing guidelines for the weapons offenses, he said.

A conviction on a firearms charge connected to another crime carries an automatic enhancement of five years for the first offense, and each subsequent firearms charge carries an automatic 25-year enhancement, Phillips said.

Each of those enhanced sentences must be served consecutively, that is one after another, compared to sentences served concurrently.

So Brimmer sentenced Jolley to 235 months for the drug counts and 105 years for the firearms counts.

He also will be placed on probation after his release, which is unlikely even if he gets 54 days a year off his sentence for good behavior, Phillips said.

The sentencing ends a long criminal career for Jolley, who is in his early 30s.

On Jan. 6, 2006, Jolley was arrested on an outstanding warrant after a six-hour chase in Casper and Mills.

Later that month, federal authorities charged him with one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm.

In July, Jolley was charged with 14 more counts relating to offenses committed in 2005: two of being a felon in possession of a firearm; five drug-related charges; and seven counts related to having a firearm in relation to drug crimes.

The charges were later merged.

In November, he pleaded guilty to the first count at the beginning of his criminal trial, but wanted a trial for the rest.

The jury found him guilty on all other counts.

Meanwhile, the state had filed its own charges but turned the matter over to the federal government.

He attempted to escape from the Platte County Detention Center in Wheatland while being held for the federal government.

The prosecution of his case led to the prosecution of other cases including those of criminals James Schafer and Zacharia Cohen.

Reporter Tom Morton can be reached for comment at (307) 266-0592, or at Tom.Morton@casperstartribune.net.