Matthew Buckley agreed to be sentenced to three years and eight months in prison, with the major caveat that he can avoid incarceration by completing a six-month drug rehabilitation program.
The case became a focal point for the Antioch police scandal involving racist and homophobic texts along allegations that officers committed civil rights violations and other crimes.
Susan Lovospastor, 72, of Knightsen, was killed in a two-car collision in June 2021, but it would be nearly two years before prosecutors charged the other driver.