ELKINS — A jury found a Randolph County man accused of attempting to kill a West Virginia state trooper guilty on three counts Thursday afternoon.

After deliberating for two hours and 15 minutes, the jury found Nathaniel Ray Wegman, 29, of Elkins, guilty of one felony count of attempted first-degree murder, one felony count of malicious assault upon a governmental representative and one misdemeanor count of fleeing from an officer by any means other than the use of a vehicle.

The state rested its case Thursday morning after brief testimony by Dr. Susan Bobes regarding the injuries sustained by the victim, Trooper First Class J.J. Cornelius. The defense offered no testimony in the trial.

Specially appointed Upshur County Prosecuting Attorney David E. Godwin represented the state while Wegman appeared with Brian Bailey and Steve Nanners as defense counsel. Circuit Judge David Wilmoth presided.

A sentencing hearing is slated for 9 a.m. on Oct. 4.

According to a press release from Lt. Michael Baylous of the West Virginia State Police, at approximately 12:30 p.m. March 16, 2016, Cornelius, of the Elkins detachment, attempted to serve an arrest warrant on Wegman at Pond Street in Mill Creek. Wegman was wanted for a burglary charge in Indiana.

Wegman fled from the officer on foot, the release states. After a foot pursuit, Cornelius was able to catch up with Wegman in a stream, known as Mill Creek. Wegman resisted arrest and assaulted Cornelius, causing him to fall and hit his head on the creek bottom, police said.

Cornelius was unable to reach his handgun because it was pinned on the ground, under the water, the complaint states. However, Cornelius was able to reach his knife, which he used to stop Wegman’s violent assault. As a result, Wegman received multiple wounds to his torso and chin.

An uninvolved person noticed Cornelius in the water after Wegman ran off, according to the complaint. That person helped Cornelius out of the water and placed a call for emergency assistance.

While Cornelius was pursuing Wegman, Laura Gail Weaver, of Mooresville, Indiana, allegedly told witnesses she was going to pick up Wegman in her vehicle, which she did a short while later on Tygart Avenue in Mill Creek, the complaint states.

Wegman left with Weaver in a black Infiniti I30t and continued to a wooded area along Becky’s Creek Road, police said.

Weaver was discovered in the vehicle, which was in a ditch and out of gas, on an unnamed gravel road at about 4:30 p.m. by Cpl. K.A. Corley of the West Virginia State Police, according to court documents.

At about 6:30 p.m. the same day, Wegman was located further in the woods by several law enforcement officers, police said. He was flown to Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown to receive treatment for his wounds. Cornelius was taken to the hospital to receive treatment for a head injury.

Weaver, 34, was sentenced to one year in Tygart Valley Regional Jail, which was suspended for one year of supervised probation on Nov. 7.

Weaver pleaded guilty to one misdemeanor count of being an accessory after the fact to fleeing from an officer by any means other than the use of a vehicle, as part of a plea agreement, on Sept. 12.