The Alaska man who ran the Beaver Creek border crossing last fall has one week left to serve for his crime.

But Jason Echeverri will only be released into the custody of officials in Alaska, where he is facing additional charges.

Echeverri was sentenced Friday to 330 days in custody, with a credit of almost 1.5 to 1 for time served since he was arrested on Oct. 2, 2012.

The Crown had been looking for a more severe sentence of three to four years, which would have meant time in federal prison.

Judge Michael Cozens noted there was little need to consider deterrence in sentencing because the crime isn't commonly committed.

He did consider the high speeds of the police pursuit and the taxing of police resources.

Cozens noted that while the offender was involved in a few incidents at the Whitehorse Correctional Centre, Echeverri had also enrolled in all counselling opportunities afforded him and was a good worker.

He was, however, implicated in a serious incident where all 16 inmates from cell block F refused to return to their cells when ordered, in protest of the amount of coffee they received with dinner.

Echeverri was taken to segregation for a few weeks following the incident, along with four other inmates from the cellblock.

On the morning of Oct. 2, Echeverri tried to cross the border into the Yukon at the Beaver Creek crossing. He was detained for an immigration interview.

According to an agreed statement of facts, he told the border officials he was travelling to the lower 48. The contents of his car, a bowling ball and bag, indicated otherwise.

Considering his criminal record and his inconsistent story, border officials refused him entry into Canada but offered him the option to return to the U.S., which he did.

Upon return, Echeverri escaped Alaskan officials after assaulting them. He ran the Beaver Creek crossing less than half an hour later, according to the agreed statement.

Following a short chase, an RCMP officer deployed a spike belt and signaled for Echeverri to stop his vehicle.

Echeverri avoided the spike belt and continued down the highway at high speeds, with the RCMP in pursuit.

Officers from the Haines Junction detachment were called in to assist. A second spike belt was deployed just south of Destruction Bay, almost 200 kilometres from Beaver Creek.

The belt deflated Echeverri's two front tires, but he continued to drive at high speeds, passing two cars before coming to stop and escaping into the bush.

RCMP tracked him for eight kilometres to a set of cabins near Silver City, where he was arrested.