A former San Antonio Police officer pleaded no contest Thursday to theft for stealing a gun, ammunition magazines, marijuana and $2,000 from a purported drug dealer.

Konrad Chatys, 33, had been with the SAPD for seven years when he was arrested in January 2015. In May, he received an indefinite suspension, and later resigned, an SAPD spokeswoman said by email.

Under an agreement reached with prosecutors, he pleaded no contest to one count of theft by a public servant of $1,500 to $20,000 and the state will drop four other similar counts. State District Judge Mary Roman set sentencing for early February.

Prosecutor Chris DeMartino said his office will recommend that Chatys get three years of deferred adjudication probation, pay a $1,500 fine, make restitution of about $4,500 and give up his Texas peace officer’s license permanently. Chatys also must not have any contact with his accusers, DeMartino said.

“There’s some dispute as to the facts as to what happened,” said Chatys’ lawyer, Therese Huntzinger. “But he has acknowledged it was a singular failure in his life and it ended his career.”

According to an arrest warrant affidavit, Chatys responded to a disturbance call on Christmas Eve 2014 at the Dymaxion apartments at 7999 Potranco Road. There he found marijuana, a rifle and $2,000 in cash in a couple's car, the document states.

The affidavit said his patrol car’s dash camera captured video of Chatys taking the items and that “immediately after leaving the dispatched call, the patrol vehicle's GPS shows the officer going to his residence before being dispatched to another call.”

Chatys never reported taking the items, nor did he arrest the couple, so the five-count indictment he had faced included charges for that.

On Jan. 7, the couple reported the theft to SAPD patrol supervisors. The department launched a joint investigation with the Bexar County District Attorney's Office and the local FBI office. A search warrant was executed at Chatys' home and he was arrested.

Huntzinger said that Chatys planned to turn in the seized items after the holidays, and that the owners had asked the officer to help them out.

“Their offer was, ‘Please leave us some money,’ which they obtained through drug dealing, because of their children and their need to cover their debts,” Huntzinger said. “There’s an obvious dispute on the facts. But the fact is (Chatys) failed to follow police procedure in the timeliness in reporting of the seizure.”

“Anytime something like this happens, it reflects poorly on the individual officer and, more importantly, on our organization,” then-Interim San Antonio Police Chief Anthony Treviño said at the time. “But we need to bear in mind that it doesn't reflect us as a whole. We have more than 2,000 officers that go to work day and night doing a great job serving our community.”

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