PARIS – A man convicted in 2003 of conspiracy to commit murder was sent back to prison Friday on a probation violation.

Chad Roy Lombard, 24, of 11 Skillings Ave. in Paris, was sentenced in Oxford County Superior Court after pleading guilty to eluding an officer. Lombard was given a one-year sentence on the charge, concurrent with a partial revocation of his probation and was ordered to pay a $1,250 fine.

According to a report by Sgt. Timothy Ontengco of the Oxford County Sheriff’s Office, Lombard led him on a 12-mile, high-speed chase through Lovell and Sweden on June 10. Ontengco said he tried to pull Lombard over on Route 93 for speeding, suspected operating under the influence and a loud muffler.

Lombard escaped a search by the Sheriff’s Office and Maine State Police after crashing his vehicle on a logging road, Ontengco said. However, a witness told Ontengco that he had given Lombard a ride back to Paris after the chase, and that Lombard had said he intended to report his vehicle stolen.

Ontengco arrested Lombard on the eluding charge and misdemeanor charges of operating beyond license restriction or condition, failure to stop for an officer, criminal speed, operating an unregistered motor vehicle, improper plates and unsworn falsification.

In May 2003, Lombard pleaded guilty to Class A conspiracy to commit murder, Class A robbery, and Class C criminal threatening.

The incident occurred in June 2002 when Lombard and a male juvenile knocked on the door of Robert and Ruth Phillipe of Lovell and demanded the keys to Robert’s truck at gunpoint. Robert slammed the door on the pair, and Lombard and the juvenile left after ripping phone wires from the house.

The two said they intended to steal a Corvette from the residence and not leave any witnesses to the crime.

Lombard was initially sentenced to serve six years of a 10-year sentence and six years of probation. However, the unsuspended portion of the sentence was reduced in January 2004 to four years after the sentence was appealed.

Assistant District Attorney Joe O’Connor said Lombard had been abiding by the conditions of probation until the chase.

“You’re getting a break here,” Justice Roland Cole told Lombard. “I hope you take advantage of it.”