Embezzling Cop Is Released EarlyMalversación de policia es lanzado temprano
A former San Antonio police officer who had been sentenced to a five year prison term for stealing from fellow officers was ordered released Thursday.
Clifford Morgan served about six months behind bars. State District Judge Ron Rangel had suggested during his sentencing in October that he might consider shock probation.
Morgan had been with the police department for 11 years when he was accused in 2006 of embezzling $104,000 from the San Antonio Police Officers’ Association while serving as the union’s treasurer.
He pleaded no contest to the felony theft charge in August, and on the day he was sentenced he paid $56,899 in restitution. Rangel ordered him to continue making payments.
Prosecutors opposed the shock probation request.
Morgan’s history as a police officer puts his life in danger in prison, defense attorney Steve Price said after the hearing. He was given a pseudonym before being placed in the general prison population.
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