The Associated PressSClBKEY WEST, Fla. -- A fugitive who was shot in the Florida Keys after confronting law officers with an assault rifle pleaded guilty Monday to charges stemming from that case and to environmental charges he faced in Utah.

Larkin Baggett, 55, was shot and wounded March 10 when federal agents and local sheriff's deputies arrested him at a marina in the Keys town of Marathon. Baggett was among the most-wanted environmental offenders sought by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The EPA began publishing the list of fugitives last year.

Court records show that Baggett brandished a .308-caliber Bushmaster assault rifle at officers and ignored commands to show his hands.

"He was heard to state words to the effect 'I won't go' and 'take this' as he attempted to raise the assault rifle to firing position, sweeping the barrel towards several of the exposed agents," prosecutors said in one court document.

After Baggett was shot twice and wounded, officers found four rifles and four handguns in his travel trailer. The assault rifle had two fully loaded 30-round magazines.

Baggett pleaded guilty to four counts of assaulting a law enforcement officer with a deadly weapon and one count of being a fugitive in possession of a firearm. He also pleaded guilty to the original Utah charges of violating the federal Clean Water Act and illegally disposing of hazardous waste.

The combined charges carry a maximum prison sentence of 98 years. U.S. District Judge K. Michael Moore set sentencing for Oct. 14.

Baggett fled Utah before his scheduled June 2008 trial on charges that his company, Chemical Consultants Inc. of North Salt Lake dumped hazardous chemicals into drains, a paved alley and into grates leading to a sewer district.

After appearing on the EPA's wanted list, court records show that Baggett bought a satellite phone that agents were able to trace to locations in Marathon. Baggett had a copy of a Salt Lake Tribune newspaper containing a story about him in his truck when he was arrested, prosecutors said.

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