The individual accused of killing Boone County Sheriff’s Deputy Jacob Pickett was sentenced to life in prison Wednesday without the possibility of parole.
Anthony Baumgardt pleaded guilty to a murder charge, felony possession of methamphetamine and misdemeanor resisting a law enforcement officer. In exchange, all other charges were dropped and Judge Bruce Petit took the death penalty off the table.
In 2018, Baumgardt pulled out a gun and shot Pickett as the deputy rounded a corner on a police chase in Lebanon. Boone County Sheriff Mike Nielsen said Baumgardt had no remorse.