{"id":162798,"date":"2026-02-04T01:01:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T01:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/162798\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T01:01:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T01:01:08","slug":"man-sentenced-to-3-years-for-fatal-hit-and-run-on-buck-owens-blvd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/162798\/","title":{"rendered":"Man sentenced to 3 years for fatal hit-and-run on Buck Owens Blvd."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BAKERSFIELD, Calif.(KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 Floyd Luster was sentenced to three years in state prison for a <a href=\"https:\/\/bakersfieldnow.com\/news\/local\/pedestrian-struck-and-killed-by-vehicle-on-buck-owens-boulevard-bakersfield-police-department-kern-county-california\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">March 2024 fatal hit-and-run crash<\/a> that resulted in the death of Antonio Enrique Arjona, 41, of Bakersfield, according to the Kern County court website.<\/p>\n<p>Luster accepted a plea deal for a hit-and-run incident that resulted in someone&#8217;s death or serious injury last October, according to court records.<\/p>\n<p>PREVIOUS REPORTING: <a href=\"https:\/\/bakersfieldnow.com\/news\/local\/bakersfield-police-arrest-suspect-for-fatal-hit-and-run-on-buck-owens-boulevard-61-year-old-crash-pedestrian-dead-severe-injuries-bakersfield-police-crosswalk-kcso-lerdo-jail\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Coroner IDs victim in Buck Owens Blvd crash, suspect arrested<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The Bakersfield Police Officers arrested 61-year-old Floyd Luster for felony hit and run on January 09, 2025. CREDIT: KBAK\/KBFX{p}{\/p}\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2519ee4b-b44e-4db6-90d0-e7617e87395e-arrest02.png\"\/>The Bakersfield Police Officers arrested 61-year-old Floyd Luster for felony hit and run on January 09, 2025. CREDIT: KBAK\/KBFX<\/p>\n<p>The incident happened on March 29, 2024, just before 9:30 p.m., when Bakersfield police officers discovered Arjona with severe injuries in the 3200 block of Buck Owens Boulevard. He died shortly later at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>Police reported that the driver, later identified as Luster, was driving a white hatchback, heading northbound in the area, when he struck Arjona, who was in the northbound lanes outside of a crosswalk.<\/p>\n<p>Luster fled the scene but was later identified through information received by investigators. He was arrested on Jan. 9, 2025.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The Bakersfield Police Officers arrested 61-year-old Floyd Luster for felony hit and run on January 09, 2025. CREDIT: KBAK\/KBFX{p}{\/p}\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/6ff1d9a5-d76b-4df2-a95d-a2927519588d-arrest05.png\"\/>The Bakersfield Police Officers arrested 61-year-old Floyd Luster for felony hit and run on January 09, 2025. CREDIT: KBAK\/KBFXComment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>BE THE FIRST TO COMMENT<\/p>\n<p>Court records indicate that Luster failed to appear for his initial sentencing on January 8, 2026. He was arrested on Jan. 20, 2026, after a warrant was issued by the court.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif.(KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 Floyd Luster was sentenced to three years in state prison for a March 2024 fatal&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":162799,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":{"0":"post-162798","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bakersfield","8":"tag-bakersfield","9":"tag-bakersfield-headlines","10":"tag-bakersfield-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162798","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=162798"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162798\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/162799"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=162798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=162798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=162798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}