Shawn Terel Barber should have known that the law would win. After all, he was once on the side he recently tried fighting.

The 44-year-old former Broward County, Fla. Sheriff's Office deputy was convicted of grand theft and filing a fraudulent insurance claim on Dec. 14.

Trial evidence revealed that Barber had planned to attend a Def Leppard concert at the Hard Rock Casino in Hollywood on March 29, 2008. Those plans were canceled, however, for lack of a baby sitter at his Palm Beach County home.

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