HUDSON, Wis. (AP) - Rick Pfaff, who resigned two years ago as police chief of Somerset, has been sentenced to three years' probation after pleading no contest to two misdemeanor charges.

Pfaff, 47, who is now a truck driver and lives in the Twin Cities, had faced nine felony counts of misconduct in office.

But his attorney, Fred Bruno, and special prosecutor Gary Schuster reached a plea agreement that was completed Tuesday.

Seven of nine charges were dropped in exchange for an agreement not to contest two obstruction-of-justice charges that were reduced to misdemeanors.

Prosecutors alleged that Pfaff had ordered officers to misrepresent a drunken-driving arrest and to keep a seized handgun that should have been forwarded to the state crime lab.

St. Croix County Circuit Judge Edward Vlack found Pfaff guilty of both counts and sentenced him to three years probation, a year more than had been agreed to by the both sides.

Pfaff was also ordered to pay a $3,000 fine, put in 120 hours of community service, stay out of law enforcement while on probation and return the handgun.

Bruno said his client was uncomfortable with the plea bargain.

"He's relieved that it's closed, but he doesn't feel entirely vindicated," Bruno said.

Schuster, an assistant district attorney in Eau Claire County who was brought in to avoid a conflict of interest, said the case against Pfaff was hampered by poor record keeping, faulty handling of evidence and witnesses who were not credible.

The important thing is that Pfaff is being held accountable for his actions, Schuster said.

"This was arrogance, an abuse of power ... and I don't think he particularly cared what the law was," Schuster said.

Pfaff resigned as chief after Somerset's police review board suspended him for alleged misconduct, including giving liquor to underage girls at a party and illegally trading seized firearms for other weapons for the department.