HOUSTON
A federal judge sentenced a former police officer to prison in connection with lying to investigators in relation to an armored car robbery that occurred in Houston in 2013, according to officials.
Joel Quezada, 33, of Humble, plead guilty Jan 11.
U.S. District Judge Vanessa Gilmore also ordered on Monday that Quezada to serve four years in federal prison .
At the time of his guilty plea, Quezada admitted he lied to investigators about accepting cash for monitoring his police radio during an armored car robbery that occurred on Dec. 6, 2013. At the time of the robbery, he was a full-time patrol officer with the Houston Police Department, officials said.
He was permitted to remain on bond and voluntarily surrender to a U.S. Bureau of Prisons facility to be determined in the near future.
Four others were charged in a separate case with the actual robbery of the Loomis armored car. They have all been convicted and are pending sentencing before U.S. District Judge Keith Ellison in August. according to authorities.