A former state trooper will spend between six and nine years in jail for acting inappropriately with three women in separate traffic stops last August.

Before his sentencing on Tuesday, Michael Steele addressed the court and asked for leniency from Judge Allan Baddour.

"I hope if it's in your pleasure, I have a chance to spend time with my family," Steele said.

Steele will now spend up to nine years in jail for ten charges he pled guilty to last month. Those charges range from felonious restraint, to second-degree kidnapping, extortion, assault on a female and sexual battery.

But it was August of last year that three Hispanic women claimed he pulled them over in separate traffic stops, touched and kissed them and threatened to kill their families or report them to immigration officials if they did not comply. Some of the victims were illegal immigrants.

"He used his position in a way I've never seen in the almost 18 years I've been a prosecutor," said Jim Woodall, Orange County District Attorney. "I've never seen an officer use his position in this way to target people he felt were powerless against him."

Woodall said this case has affected every member of the highway patrol and beyond.

"Law enforcement in general has been touched and every person who lives in this state who wants to trust law enforcement has been affected by this," he said.

Steele's attorney said his client took responsibility for his actions, has never been in trouble before and is remorseful.

After court, neither Steel's attorney or family had a comment.

In addition to Steele's sentence sentence, the court also recommended work release at appropriate time on condition that half the proceeds go towards child support for his family.