The man accused of trying to run over a Buchanan County deputy earlier this year at a Taco Bell drive-thru in St. Joseph will serve time behind bars.

Leonard Barr pleaded guilty in May to felonies for first-degree tampering with a motor vehicle and assault on a law enforcement officer. Monday, Barr was sentenced to serve 12 years in the Missouri Department of corrections. Five years for assault on a law enforcement and seven years for tampering.  Sentences to run consecutive.

As we previously reported, in March Barr was accused of attempting to strike a law enforcement officer and fleeing the scene in a stolen vehicle after deputies said stop and fired shots into the vehicle.