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A former Kenosha Police Department officer and Racine resident who admitted to planting evidence in a 2014 homicide case won’t have to serve a day in prison — as long as he abides by the rules of his probation over the next year.

On Wednesday in Kenosha County Circuit Court, Judge Chad Kerkman sentenced Kyle Baars to two years imprisonment — one year in prison, and one year on extended supervision — for the felony offense, but stayed the sentence, placing Baars on probation for one year. Baars must complete 80 hours of community service as a condition of the probation.

Baars, 29, pleaded guilty on March 14 to misconduct in public office after testifying during the homicide trial of Joseph-Jamal Brantley that he planted a .22-caliber bullet and an identification card belonging to Brantley’s co-defendant, Markese Tibbs, at an apartment being searched during the investigation into the fatal shooting of Anthony M. Edwards.

During his sentencing hearing on Wednesday, both Baars and his attorney, Mark Richards, intimated that assurances had been made that Baars would not be prosecuted for misconduct as long as he resigned from the Kenosha Police Department; he bemoaned that such promises had not been kept.

“To be honest, I feel like I have been penalized further for doing the right thing,” Baars said.