CASTLE ROCK — The family of the man who led police on a dangerous car chase that spanned more than 60 miles and critically injured a state trooper say he is a compassionate person who feels remorse for his actions.

But recordings of conversations played during Ryan Stone’s sentencing hearing Friday revealed a man who bragged about making international news and belittled the victims in his case.

Stone, 30, was sentenced to 160 years in prison. He will likely become eligible for parole after 75 years, prosecutors said.

A Douglas County jury convicted Stone of 18 charges in April, including attempted manslaughter, first-degree assault and child abuse. During the pursuit in March 2014, Stone reached speeds of 100 mph while he raced over shoulders and sped toward oncoming traffic.

“You held this community hostage for 90 minutes that day,” Douglas County District Judge Paul King told Stone before sentencing him.

The chase began in Longmont, where Stone stole an SUV — carrying a 4-year-old boy buckled into a car seat — from a gas station. He carjacked two other vehicles before the pursuit was over.

Trooper Bellamann Hee was critically injured when Stone hit the trooper while driving at about 90 mph. Hee had deployed a device to deflate tires on the vehicle Stone was driving shortly before he was hit by the car.

His leg was shattered in 20 places. Had Hee been hit any other way, he likely would have been killed, prosecutors said.

On Friday, Hee described the pain and constant headaches that he now lives with. The trooper had hoped to return to work full time this month, but his exhaustion and injuries pushed that goal back.

Still, Hee said he is a man of faith, and he knows that his actions that day were part of the job he loves.

“The truth of the matter is that I’m at peace with it,” Hee said.

Stone and seven of his family members and friends described his struggle with drug addiction. His use of methamphetamine left Stone with little memory of the chase that much of the state watched on the news.

“I hope you can see this is not a case of a violent individual, but the case of a troubled 28-year-old,” Stone said.

But prosecutors pointed to the recordings — Stone mocks Hee for “standing in the middle of the highway” in one — and described an unremorseful man who has wasted countless opportunities for redemption.