William Burhoe of Jay, who was shot in the leg by a police officer in 2006, pleaded guilty Friday to a single federal charge of possession of a firearm.

Burhoe, 55, entered his plea in U.S. District Court in Bangor and was sentenced to serve four years, one month and 24 days in jail.

He has been in federal custody since October 2006 and was given credit for time served, so his four-year sentence is considered satisfied, according to Assistant U.S. Attorney F. Todd Lowell.

Burhoe is still being held in federal custody, though, pending a plea in connection with state charges that resulted from the shooting. He is expected to appear in Kennebec County Superior Court in Augusta at 12:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 6, to enter a plea on charges of aggravated attempted murder and reckless conduct, according to a Franklin County Superior Court clerk.

On June 6, 2006, troopers from the Maine State Police, officers from the Jay Police Department and deputies from the Franklin County Sheriff’s Department responded to Burhoe’s house in response to a 911 call for a domestic dispute. Burhoe’s adult son had been visiting and the two were arguing.

When police arrived, Burhoe was standing outside the house on Macomber Hill Road with a .270-caliber rifle. He fired at police, striking a building near Trooper Randall Keaten. The trooper fired back, striking Burhoe in the leg.

Keaten was later cleared of any wrongdoing by the Maine Office of the Attorney General.

Burhoe, who had previously been involuntarily committed to a mental institution, was prohibited from possessing firearms. In addition to the rifle, police confiscated a shotgun after serving a search warrant on the property.

Immediately after the shooting, Burhoe was charged in state court with aggravated attempted murder for firing at Keaten after the trooper identified himself as a police officer. Burhoe was charged also with reckless conduct with a firearm.

Several months later, he was indicted by a U.S. District Court grand jury on a single count of possession of a firearm, and was put in federal custody to answer that charge before disposition of the state charges.

In October 2008, Franklin County Superior Court ruled Burhoe incompetent to stand trial on the state charges. According to court records, Burhoe was required to undergo treatment while in federal custody to see whether competency could be restored. Also, an order was given for regular reports to be made of his progress on whether he would eventually be ready to stand trial on the charges.