A former Miami-Dade Police sergeant convicted of stealing county gas for personal use was given probation Tuesday.

Emil Van Lugo will be on probation for three years and will serve 100 hours of community service.

"I beg you, don't put me in jail please, don't adjudicate me, I will lose my license, I will lose everything," Van Lugo pleaded with Judge Diane Ward before the sentence was given.

A jury found Van Lugo guilty of organized fraud in September. Prosecutors said Van Lugo, a 16-year veteran of the department, repeatedly stole fuel from a county-owned pump and used it to fill up his wife's BMW. Surveillance video appeared to show the theft.

Defense attorneys said the embattled sergeant kept gas cans that look identical, one filled with county gas and the other with his own gas, for his and his wife's BMW.

Prosecutors had dismissed five counts of petit theft and had urged Van Lugo to accept a four-month jail sentence, but the judge gave him no jail time.

Van Lugo was suspended without pay following his arrest in May 2015. He was fired in January.

Lugo's attorney said he plans on appealing the jury's guilty verdict. Lugo also wants his old job back.

"He always said to me since I met him that law enforcement is his passion," attorney David Edelstein said.