Prison sentence in felony hit-and-run DUI

Larry Guzman-Martinez

A South Lake Tahoe man was sentenced this week to spend more than four years in prison for injuring a bicyclist while driving intoxicated and then fleeing the scene.

Larry Guzman-Martinez, 33, pleaded no contest to the charges. He was sentenced Aug. 14 to four years, eight months in state prison. His driver’s license has been revoked and vehicle impounded.

On March 18 Guzman-Martinez struck a bicyclist after failing to stop at the intersection of Pioneer Trail and Midway Avenue. The cyclist was not seriously injured. Guzman-Martinez’s blood alcohol was 0.24.

— Lake Tahoe News staff report