Pierre Robinson, a former Camden police officer who served as a bodyguard to former Mayor Milton Milan, pleaded guilty Wednesday to submitting inflated overtime vouchers in 1997.

Robinson, of Laurel Road in Lindenwold, is already on probation for a weapons charge. An agreement that led to Wednesday's plea to a charge of theft by deception could increase the length of his probationary term.

The plea agreement doesn't call for any jail time for Robinson, 46, who now works for a trash collection firm. The maximum possible sentence for the crime is 10 years in prison plus parole.

Robinson's attorney, Charles Nugent, said the officer padded his time sheet in December 1997 by including the time it took him to get to and from his home while driving Milan to meetings and social events after regular office hours.

The accusation does not cite a specific amount of unearned overtime, but the agreement requires Robinson to make restitution of up to $7,500. He will be sentenced June 29 by Superior Court Presiding Criminal Judge Linda Baxter. After accepting Robinson's guilty plea, Baxter allowed him to be released on a $5,000 personal recognizance bond.

In April 2000, Robinson was placed on three years of probation for selling a banned assault pistol to Jose "JR" Rivera, the ringleader of a major drug operation in East Camden. Rivera has not yet been sentenced on federal drug charges.

Robinson was suspended from the Camden police department in 1998, several days after police raided properties owned by Rivera. During that raid, authorities found an assault pistol and 30-round ammunition clips later tracked to Robinson.

Robinson resigned from the department in November 1998.

A second police officer who worked the detail as a bodyguard to Milan, Miguel Torres, was arrested Jan. 3 on charges of official misconduct and theft by deception, accused of submitting inflated overtime claims.

A computer-assisted investigation by the Courier- Post last year showed that, while working as Milan's bodyguard, Torres was paid $86,000 in overtime in 1997, 1998 and 1999. Robinson received $47,030 in overtime pay in 1997 and 1998.