A Fort Worth man who told a Tarrant County judge to "go [expletive] yourself" has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for setting fire to a home where he thought his estranged wife was staying.

Samson Moses Billiot (Tarrant County Sheriff's Office)

Samson Moses Billiot, 44, was convicted last week of arson to a habitation, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports.

He also was charged with a second count of arson, seven counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, one count of assault — family violence, one count of making a terroristic threat and a parole violation.

Billiot was arrested in August by police and U.S. marshals hours after authorities said they were looking for him and said he was "armed and dangerous."

Authorities said he set fire to a south Fort Worth home, in the 2500 block of West Waggoman Street, on Aug. 11. He believed his recently estranged wife was staying there, they said.

Prosecutors opted to try Billiot on that charge because the evidence included surveillance footage of him pouring lighter fluid on the house and starting the fire.

"It was the case we had the best evidence for," prosecutor Julie Harbin told the Star-Telegram. "Our concern was getting him off the street so he doesn't hurt anybody else."

Billiot also was accused of setting his mother-in-law's home, in the 1200 block of North Commerce Street, ablaze on Aug. 3; shooting at his mother-in-law seven times while she poured antifreeze into her car; and shooting at his mother-in-law's home while people were outside.

At the beginning of Billiot's trial, state District Judge Scott Wisch asked whether he was guilty or not guilty. Billiot responded "Go [expletive] yourself," the Star-Telegram reported.

Billiot previously was convicted of aggravated assault after he struck a woman in the face with a baseball bat outside a bar in Fort Worth in 1997. He was sentenced to 25 years in prison in 1998 and released in 2013.