BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) -- A retired sergeant with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation was sentenced Tuesday to jail time and probation for drunken driving.

Arnulfo Ryan Valverde was sentenced to 180 days in jail and three years of probation, as well as a three-month DUI program, according to Kern County Superior Court records. His driver’s license will also be suspended.

Valverde pleaded no contest to DUI causing injury and hit-and-run charges on Sept. 22. One felony count was dismissed.

Valverde was arrested in the 10100 block of Stockdale Highway which was near the scene of the collision that occurred on Nov. 26, 2024, according to police.

Two people were injured in the crash, with one victim needing to get surgery on both wrists.

Valverde had a blood-alc

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