KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) A former northeastern Kansas police officer is going to prison for stealing electronics from homes where he and his team were serving search warrants.
The U.S. Attorney’s office says 32-year-old Darrell Forrest was sentenced Wednesday to a year and a day behind bars, followed by a year of supervised release.
Forrest was part of a special unit of the Kansas City, Kan., Police Department that served search warrants. Two other members of the unit will be sentenced next month, also for stealing from homes.
Forrest pleaded guilty earlier, admitting he stole a digital camcorder from a home in July 2010. He also admitted stealing cash, an iPod Touch and other electronics that police and the FBI had placed in a home as part of a sting operation.
