Former KCSO deputy Edward Tucker took a plea deal on Thursday.
Tucker will serve a year in a jail and a year in residential facility.
Tucker was arrested on October 29th, days after he escaped from the back of a KCSO patrol car and leaving the jail.
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The 18-year KCSO veteran was considered armed and dangerous as he had access to several guns.
Tucker was arrested three times last fall for brandishing a gun to juveniles while on drugs, after a welfare check was called in for him, and of course when he escaped.
Tucker will be officially sentenced on April 7th.
