Life sentence for habitual offender

A habitual offender won’t have a chance to offend again – he’s going to prison for the rest of his life. Polk County Today is reporting that 44-year-old Michael Bee Hodge was riding a stolen motorcycle on May 11th and led law enforcement in a pursuit through Livingston. When police got him stopped, Hodge pulled a gun on officers, and an officer had to shoot him. Hodge went to trial in October on a charge of Evading Arrest or Detention with a Motor Vehicle, and the jury in that case convicted him and sentenced him to 75 years in prison due to him being a habitual offender. Hodge went to trial again this week on charges of Aggravated Assault of a Public Servant and Possession of a Controlled Substance. The jury found him guilty on both charges and handed down a life sentence on the Aggravated Assault on a Public Servant charge, again due to him being a habitual offender, and a 20-year sentence on the Possession of a Controlled Substance charge.