Former King City acting police chief sentenced to three months in county jail.

The former acting police chief of King City's troubled police department was sentenced Tuesday to three months in county jail and three years probation. 

Bruce Miller, 50, who retired after serving as police captain and then acting chief, was arrested in February 2014 on suspicion of coordinating a for-profit towing scheme with his brother, Brian Miller, who operated a towing company in King City, along with Officer Bobby Carrillo.

The investigation into the police department began in 2014 and centered on officers under Miller's command. During the investigation, four police officers were arrested along with former Police Chief Nick Baldiviez, Miller and his brother.

In July, Miller pleaded no contest to two misdemeanor counts under a plea deal, in which he said he conspired to commit an act damaging to the community he served and that he inaccurately filed a Department of Motor Vehicles form after he accepted a vehicle from Carrillo—a gift prosecutors maintain bought Miller's silence.

With this plea, Miller did not admit to having a direct role in the alleged towing scheme, which targeted low-income undocumented Latinos.

What Miller did admit to was accepting a free Nissan Maxima from Carrillo and lying about it on DMV forms, reporting he had paid $500 for it.

As soon as investigators started asking about the scheme, Miller turned the car in. Though the vehicle came from Miller's Towing, it was acquired through an asset forfeiture case and not the alleged towing scheme.

Miller was facing a maximum of one and a half years in jail for the crimes he pleaded no contest to, but instead received three months in jail and he plans to request a home confinement alternative.

While on probation, Miller is prohibited from working as a police officer and is required to testify truthfully in any court proceeding, including Carrillo's ongoing case. Carrillo's trial is scheduled for January 2016.

Miller already testified in Baldiviez's trial, which concluded in July with a hung jury and a no contest plea deal.

Baldiviez will be sentenced Oct. 7 and is facing up to two years in county jail.