A man was convicted April 4 of three counts of first-degree attempted murder after trying to blow up his ex-girlfriend’s Centennial residence with a truck full of gasoline.

An Arapahoe County District Court jury found William Ples Hunt, 54, guilty following a week-long trial. Hunt had driven a truck filled with 17 containers of gasoline and diesel fuel in July 2005 to a Centennial neighborhood with the intent of blowing up his ex-girlfriend’s residence, where she lived with her daughter and a roommate.

Police discovered the plot while performing a welfare check on the ex-girlfriend, during which officers spoke with Hunt on the telephone. After a 20-minute search, the police were able to apprehend Hunt and secure the truck. The Tiffany neighborhood was shut down for nearly a full day as dangerous gasoline fumes hung over the residences.

Hunt, who was out on parole after being convicted of murder and assault in Mississippi, was charged with three counts of felony menacing, possession of an explosive/incendiary device, second-degree assault, stalking, attempted first-degree arson, and three counts of first-degree attempted murder. A jury convicted him of most of those counts in November 2010, but was hung on the first-degree attempted murder charges.

When the case was tried again April 4, the jury found Hunt guilty of all three first-degree attempted murder counts.

Hunt’s sentencing is scheduled for May 13.