Former Owensville resident Thomas E. Hyde, who sprayed deputies and police with a fire extinguisher in November 2022 as they entered his East Washington Avenue home to server felony arrest warrants, was sentenced March 26 to 32 years in prison.

Hyde was found guilty of multiple felonies during a December 2024 jury trial in Franklin County. After participating in his own defense to start the trial, he opted to sit in a confinement cell for the remainder of the two-day proceedings. He has been in custody since his arrest in 2022.

That jury found Hyde guilty of three counts of second-degree assault on a law enforcement officer which enhanced the charges to class A felonies. He was also found guilty of three counts of armed criminal action (unclassified felonies), one count each of unlawful possession of a firearm (D felonies), possession of a controlled substance (D felony), unlawful use of a weapon (B felony), and unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia (D misdemeanor).

Hyde was sentenced to 20 years in the Missouri Department of Corrections (DOC) for the three counts of assault which are to be served concurrently, four years in DOC for each of the three counts of armed criminal action which are to run consecutively for a total of 12 years,  and 10 years in DOC for unlawful possession of a firearm which is to be served concurrently with the 20 year term.

He was also ordered to serve 10 years in DOC for possession of a controlled substance to be ran concurrently with the 20 year sentence related to the above assault convictions.

And, Hyde received a 7-year sentence to run concurrently with the assault conviction for unlawful use of a weapon.

He was fined $50 fine for the drug paraphernalia charge.