ATHENS, Texas (KLTV) - A Kaufman County man was sentenced last week to decades in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

Donny Dewayne Adams was sentenced last week to 30 years in the TDCJ for evading arrest with a vehicle, as well as theft of property $30,000-$150,000, the Henderson County district attorney says.

Donny Dewayne Adams of Kaufman County(Van Zandt County Sheriff's Office)The crime Adams is now convicted of happened on April 4, when Gun Barrel City police officers responded to west Main Street after receiving a report about a stolen 18-wheeler.