Driver receives 360-day sentence, 5 years probation for fatal Maplewood hit-and-run

The man suspected of being behind the wheel of a vehicle that killed 31-year-old Abdul Bakr Jafar was sentenced Monday.

The court sentenced Jose Ronald Hernandez-Pineda to 360 days in the Ramsey County Correctional Facility, followed by five years of probation after being convicted of one count of criminal vehicular homicide. Hernandez-Pineda has credit for 55 days of time already served.

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