A former Barre City Police officer who allegedly stole a neighbor’s new television last year, and then tossed it into the Winooski River, was sentenced to imprisonment, according to a news release Thursday from the Vermont Office of the Attorney General.

Zak Winston a Montpelier resident, was convicted in May for felony unlawful trespass, misdemeanor unlawful mischief and misdemeanor resisting arrest.

After a contested sentencing hearing Thursday, Winston will serve a 60-day prison sentence.