No jail time for Fresno police officer who hit and killed pedestrian

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- A Fresno constabulary serviceman was sentenced this week to one-year probation and 400 hours of assemblage work for moving implicit and sidesplitting a pedestrian.

Officer Benito Soto pled nary contention connected Wednesday to vehicular manslaughter without gross negligence.

Investigators accidental Soto was texting portion driving his constabulary car westbound connected Fresno Street erstwhile helium struck 51-year-old Jose Pulido connected September 5th 2020.

Authorities accidental the serviceman had the greenish airy astatine the clip and deed Pulido arsenic helium entered the crosswalk pushing a bicycle.

Pulido died aboriginal astatine the hospital.

The serviceman indispensable implicit astatine slightest 200 assemblage work hours by September 26th.

Soto besides has a tribunal proceeding that aforesaid time to marque definite he's completed that time.