GILLETTE (WNE) — A 31-year-old man charged for resisting arrest against multiple Gillette police officers had habitual criminal enhancements added to his charges. If the enhancements stick and if he’s convicted, he could face life in prison.

William Hamilton was charged July 20 in Circuit Court with five counts of interference with a peace officer and felony possession of meth, stemming from the incident in which he allegedly fought back officers multiple times, breaking one officer’s hand and kicking two other officers.

Hamilton has been convicted of multiple felonies in Wyoming, causing the habitual criminal sentencing enhancement to be added to each of the five interference charges.

In 2012, he was convicted of simple robbery in Park County. Later that year, he was convicted of driving while under the influence causing serious bodily injury in Weston County. In 2018, he was convicted of aggravated assault and battery in Campbell County and in 2021, he was convicted of felony fleeing or attempting to elude in Crook County, according to court documents.

A habitual criminal enhancement is added when someone is charged with a violent felony and has had two previous and separate felony convictions. It increases sentencing requirements to 10 to 50 years in prison if the person has two previous convictions. If the person has three or more convictions — which Hamilton does — the sentence becomes life in prison.