'Go big or go home,' man says after entering guilty plea in pursuit

NORMAN — A man who broadcast himself live on Facebook as he led law officers on a pursuit in a stolen vehicle pleaded guilty Monday to multiple crimes and received a 20-year prison sentence.

"Go big or go home," Brenton Hager told reporters as he was led from District Judge Thad Balkman's courtroom in handcuffs.

Hager, 27, pleaded guilty to three felonies, including assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, and four misdemeanors stemming from the Nov. 10, 2017, pursuit, which started in southwest Oklahoma City and ended with his driving a pickup into a pond in Cleveland County near SW 164 and Pennsylvania Avenue.

During the pursuit, Hager could be heard on a Facebook Live video saying, "I'm thinking, hopefully, if I get to Cleveland County, I'll get to go to jail there and not Oklahoma County. I'm not trying to go back to Oklahoma County."