Maine State Police troopers search in Litchfield for suspects from Connecticut, including Christopher T. Farrow, following a high-speed chase across central Maine in October 2020. Farrow, 36, was sentenced Tuesday to the 204 days he has already served in Maine and was ordered to be returned to custody in Connecticut to continue serving a separate prison sentence there. Andy Molloy/Kennebec Journal file

SKOWHEGAN — A Connecticut man was sentenced Tuesday to jail time already served for charges stemming from a 2020 gunfire incident in Skowhegan, which later led to a high-speed chase and foot search across the Waterville and Augusta areas.

Christopher T. Farrow Courtesy of Somerset County Jail

Appearing in Somerset County Superior Court in Skowhegan Tuesday morning, Christopher T. Farrow, 36, was sentenced to the 204 days he has already served in Maine and was ordered to be returned to custody in Connecticut to continue serving a separate prison sentence there.

As part of a plea agreement, Farrow pleaded guilty Nov. 4 to one count of attempted arson and one count of terrorizing with a dangerous weapon, Superior Court Chief Justice Robert E. Mullen said at Tuesday’s hearing. Prosecutors dismissed two other counts brought against Farrow: criminal threatening with a dangerous weapon and reckless conduct with a firearm.

The charges stemmed from a Sept. 4, 2020 incident in Skowhegan, according to court records.

The indictment for the attempted arson charge, a Class B count, says Farrow attempted to a set a fire “by pouring tequila over a dog, a dog bed, and the rug and using a lighter tried to ignite the dog and the rug.” Farrow also threatened four people with a firearm, according to the indictment for the Class C count of terrorizing with a dangerous weapon.

The incident took place at a residence on Norton Lane and no one was hurt, Skowhegan police said in the weeks following the incident. People at the house fled in a vehicle when police responded.

About a month later, Waterville police said they stopped a vehicle. Inside were Farrow and another man, Dayshawn Middleton, who were both wanted for questioning in connection with the Skowhegan incident, police said at the time.

The two fled the traffic stop, and a high-speed chase ensued through several communities from Waterville to Augusta. Police said the chase ended when a state trooper forced the vehicle off the road in Richmond.

The pair were believed to have fled on foot, which led police to conduct an extensive search of the Richmond and Litchfield areas. Neither was immediately found.

Weeks later, Middleton was arrested in Bronx, New York, on a warrant out of Connecticut.

Farrow was not arrested until March 2021, following a reported high-speed chase in South Burlington, Vermont. At the time, he was also facing charges in Connecticut. Farrow quickly posted bail, but another warrant was issued for his arrest after he failed to appear in court a few days later, according to previous reports.

Police in Waterbury, Connecticut, arrested Farrow in June 2021, Connecticut court records show. In February 2022, he was sentenced on a gun-related charge to four years in prison, according to the Connecticut Department of Correction and court records.

Meanwhile, there was little activity in Farrow’s case in Somerset County criminal court, records show.

In March, his attorney, Allan Lobozzo, filed a motion for a speedy trial. In April, a Somerset County grand jury handed down a superseding indictment, adding the attempted arson charge to a previous indictment for the other three counts.

“The case is based on a ‘poker game gone bad,’” Lobozzo wrote in that motion. “The state’s only proof is based on the players at the poker game. All said players are either criminals, fugitives, liars, or all three. Their availability and testimony is suspect.”

Assistant District Attorney Briana White, the prosecutor in the case, said Tuesday that though the sentence is officially 204 days, the state factored in the time Farrow has served in Connecticut since his offenses in Maine. Adding in that time approximates the three-year sentence a co-defendant had received, White said.

“Our sentence here is only the 204 days; however, that does incorporate the fact that he has already been in custody for … almost 1,000 days prior to coming here,” White said.

At the time of his extradition to Maine, Farrow had been incarcerated for 998 days, according to White. He has 458 days left on the Connecticut sentence.

A hearing was scheduled for next week to ensure that Farrow is returned to custody in Connecticut according to the agreed-upon plan.