Police Chief in Parker-Broderick Break-In Sentenced to Prison

Barry Carpenter, 40, was received two years and eight months in prison from an Ohio judge on Wednesday, a sentence his attorney said he would appeal.

In announcing the sentence, the judge called prison time "a must," the Associated Press reports. Carpenter could have received up to six years in jail.

In November, Carpenter, 40, was found of receiving stolen property, theft in office, and tampering with evidence. He and another police chief were accused of breaking into the Ohio home of Parker and Broderick's surrogate, stealing items such as a poem, photos, legal documents about the surrogacy agreement, and pictures of ultrasounds, and offering them for sale to a freelance photographer. The photographer later told the surrogacy agency, which contacted police.

Carpenter was found not guilty of two counts of burglary and one count of unauthorized use of property or services.