TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — A former Tampa police detective has been sentenced to two years and nine months in prison for her part in a tax-refund scheme. A U.S. attorney's office statement says 51-year-old LaJoyce Houston was sentenced Wednesday. She pleaded guilty in August to receiving stolen government property. Authorities say Houston received goods, money orders and cash from debit cards loaded with fraudulently obtained tax refunds in 2011 and 2012.