ARLINGTON (CBSDFW.COM) - A fired Arlington police officer, caught
up in a department wide steroid scandal, will spend a year and a day in jail
for his attempt to protect an alleged drug dealer.
Former officer Thomas Kantzos, 45, plead guilty to one count of
Exceeding Authorized Access to a Protected Computer. Prosecutors say Kantzos improperly used a
police computer to help tip off his steroids dealer.
Kantzos admitted to using a computer system reserved for law
enforcement at the request of the suspected drug dealer to warn him about
police surveillance. Kantzos used the
computer in his patrol car, while on duty, to “run” the license plate number
provided to him by the suspected drug dealer, even though he knew it was
illegal to do so.
Kantzos will report to the Bureau of Prisons on April 1,
2014. He was facing a sentence of up to
five years in prison.
Kantzos was an 18-year veteran the Arlington Police
Department. He was fired after his
arrest in June.
Another officer, David Vo, 35, was also implicated in the drug
ring and was arrested for allegedly buying and distributing illegal steroids.
He committed suicide in June after bonding out of jail.