A 37-year-old man shot while attempting to burglarize a North Texas home has been sentenced to 99 years behind bars for the crime.
Trenton Eugene Sinyard, of Ovilla, was sentenced Friday to 99 years in prison for burglary of a habitation.
Prosecutors said Sinyard broke into a home at about 1 p.m. June 2, 2015 and, upon entering the residence, was shot several times by a woman who was home alone.
The woman told police someone rang her doorbell, but that she didn't answer since she was home alone. She said the person at the door then went into her backyard and to a patio door where he began pounding on the door and jiggling the handle.
The woman then called the Ellis County Sheriff's Department while arming herself with a pistol.
Prosecutors said less than two minutes after she called for help, Sinyard managed to make his way inside by forcing the door open with his shoulder. When he stepped into the home the resident began firing.
"When Sinyard stepped into the home, the victim, while on the phone with the Ellis County Sheriff’s Office, shot at him approximately seven times with one bullet grazing the back of Sinyard’s head and another becoming lodged in his upper back," the Ellis County District Attorney's Office said in a statement Monday.
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One of the bullets grazed his head and another became lodged in his upper back.
Sinyard ran from the home but was tracked by a sheriff's department canine officer to the crawl space of a house next door. That house, officials said, was where Sinyard had been staying with relatives while on parole for a prior burglary conviction.
"Sinyard has prior convictions for burglary of a habitation in Ellis County and Van Zandt County. He was convicted of simple burglary in Louisiana on March 21, 2014," the district attorney's office said. "Sinyard's criminal history also includes convictions for theft, possession of marijuana, and multiple convictions for burglary of vehicles."
