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A mentally distraught man who was shot and wounded last year while trying to run down Millard County sheriff's officers with a pickup truck has been sentenced to five years probation.

George J. Finlinson, 43, of Oak City, was charged in 4th District Court with two counts of first-degree felony attempted aggravated murder and nine counts of aggravated assault; as well as assault by a prisoner, failure to stop at the command of an officer, all third-degree felonies; and misdemeanor counts of interference with an arresting officer and driving on a revoked license.

Last month he pleaded guilty to five counts of aggravated assault and all other charges were dismissed.

On Monday, Finlinson was sentenced to a "zero-tolerance" probation, which means any violation will send him to prison for up to five years.

Judge Jennifer Brown — who gave Finlinson credit for 250 days in jail he had already served — ordered the man to continue taking his medications and complete any treatment required by probation officers.

On July 29, Finlinson's family and mental health workers requested that he be taken into custody to get emergency psychiatric treatment, for unspecified reasons, according to charging documents.

Deputies found him in Oak City and tried to pull him over in his pickup, but Finlinson kept driving.

They followed him to a dirt road with a dead end. But Finlinson turned around and crashed into the deputies' vehicles while trying to get away, according to charges.

"At times [Finlinson] would stop and reverse his vehicle ramming into the deputies vehicles. Deputies would try to get away from the suspect but the suspect would chase them with his vehicle," the charges state.

Officers fired shots, striking Finlinson at least once. Still, he fought officers as they moved in to subdue him, according to a statement from the sheriff's office, and one deputy suffered minor injuries.

Deputies eventually subdued Finlinson with a Taser and he was taken to a hospital. He was later transferred to a mental health treatment facility, the charges add.

After he was charged, Finlinson's mental compentency became an issue for the court, and he ultimately spent five months being treated at the Utah State Hospital. In April, the judge found that in a medicated state, Finlinson was competent to proceed with the case.