""Today's plea and sentence cannot undo the devastation of that day, nor will it bring back the life that was lost. But it does mark a step toward justice and a measure of closure for the victims and their families whose lives have been forever changed.""
""Gutierrez fell asleep while driving to work near the department's STARS Center training academy early in the morning on Nov. 16, 2022, his attorney, Alexandra Kazarian, previously told The Times.""
""More than two dozen recruits were struck and hurt, with 10 suffering serious injuries, prosecutors said. Alejandro Martinez, 27, died from his injuries months later.""
Nicholas Joseph Gutierrez, 25, pleaded guilty to vehicular manslaughter and reckless driving related to a 2022 crash that killed an L.A. County sheriff's recruit. He received an eight-year suspended sentence and five years of probation, with a driving ban for five years. The crash occurred when Gutierrez fell asleep while driving, veering into a group of recruits during a training run. The incident resulted in serious injuries to over two dozen recruits, with one recruit, Alejandro Martinez, dying months later.
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