Correction: An early version of this story misstated Albrecht’s sentence. He was sentenced to work release.

The Carmel man who pleaded guilty to the 2017 theft of Gus the skateboarding English bulldog has been ordered to spend two years in a work release program.

Reid A. Albrecht, 22, was sentenced Thursday in Hamilton County on one count of felony theft.

Albrecht has also been ordered to pay $4,280 in restitution to Gus's owners, Jeremy and Christina Kiger, as well as provide the family additional information about what happened to Gus.

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If Albrecht successfully completes one year in work release, he can petition the court to spend the additional year on home detention, court records said.

According to court documents, Albrecht was charged in connection to the crime in April, more than six months after Gus went missing from the 3000 block of Hazel Foster Drive in Carmel.

The Kigers told police that Gus was taken from their yard after they put him out to play.

Witnesses led investigators to Albrecht after reporting that they saw saw him walking a dog that matched Gus's description days after he went missing.

Albrecht first told people who asked about the dog that he adopted it from the Humane Society, court documents said. He later told another witness that he was watching the dog on behalf of a friend who was a veterinarian.

Police also learned that the suspect had access to and was driving a maroon GMC SUV like the one seen in surveillance footage in the neighborhood during the time Gus was stolen.

On March 26, Albrecht was charged with resisting law enforcement and reckless driving. Court documents said that on March 28, during a recorded phone call from the Hamilton County Jail, Albrecht asked his father to contact the Kigers and tell them that he had stolen Gus.

Albrecht also told his father to tell the victims that he would buy them a new dog. In the court documents, Albrecht makes no mention of what happened to Gus or his whereabouts.

Call IndyStar reporter Justin L. Mack at 317-444-6138. Follow him on Twitter: @justinlmack.